Culture/People:

Chickasaw  Search this

Previous owner:

Jim Wolf, Oklahoma Chickasaw  Search this

Dave Brown, Oklahoma Chickasaw  Search this

Johnson Ellis, Oklahoma Chickasaw  Search this

Gibson Kellar, Oklahoma Chickasaw  Search this

Collector:

Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923  Search this

Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971  Search this

Object Name:

Spoon

Media/Materials:

Buffalo horn

Techniques:

Carved, engraved

Dimensions:

23.3 x 5.5 x 7.9 cm

Object Type:

Food/Beverage Serving

Place:

Oklahoma; USA

Collection History:

Items in this set were collected from several Oklahoma Chickasaw individuals (Jim Wolf, Johnson Ellis, Gibson Kellar, and Dave Brown) in 1910 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member), assisted by Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.

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Catalog Number:

2/8349

Barcode:

028349.000

See related items:

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Food/Beverage Serving

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws61b171530-f04c-4b36-b9ec-3cea8f2fcb7c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_29468