Culture/People:

Sioux  Search this

Previous owner:

Abel E. Brooks (A.E. Brooks), Non-Indian, 1833-1917  Search this

Collector:

L. W. Richards, Non-Indian  Search this

Object Name:

Torch (Image withheld)

Media/Materials:

Wood, tree pitch/gum

Techniques:

Coated

Object Type:

Tools and Equipment (General)

Place:

North Dakota or South Dakota; USA (inferred)

Date created:

1889-1890

Collection History:

Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected on December 29, 1890 from the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota by W.J. Slaughter of the US Army's Seventh Cavalry; acquired by Abel E. Brooks (1833-1917, a renowned collector of Civil War firearms) at an unknown date; acquired by George Heye from an unknown source in 1906.

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Catalog Number:

1/1171

Barcode:

011171.000

See related items:

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Tools and Equipment (General)

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63447d265-826e-488d-ba7e-536f59e806df

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_12003