Custer's Battlefield, Montana, United States, North America
Accession Date:
14 Sep 1898
Notes:
FROM CARD: "LARGE CRADLE OF BUCKSKIN ORNAMENTS WITH QUILL WORK. SKIRTS MADE OF A WOOLEN TABLE COVER LINED WITH COTTON. PICKED UP ON CUSTER'S BATTLEFIELD, JUNE 25, 1876. LABELS WITH THE SPECIMEN: "SIOUX ... [WOMAN'S] HOOD PICKED UP ON GENERAL CUSTER'S BATTLE FIELD, 25TH JUNE 1876. SEE AFFIDAVIT IN ENVELOPE INSIDE HOOD. "ON OUTSIDE OF ENVELOPE: "CHRISTINA LAKE MINING WORKS, ATLANTIC, WYOMING. EMILE GRANIER, PROPR. SIOUX INDIANS HOOD PICKED UP ON GENERAL CUSTER'S BATTLE FIELD JUNE 25TH 1876" ON INSIDE OF ENVELOPE: BILL FORM. "DENVER COLO. BOUGHT OF TAYLOR'S FREE MUSEUM (EST. 1874) GEORGE EASTWOOD, MANAGER. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN MINERALS, NATIVE JEWELRY, FUR ROBES AND RUGS, BUFFALO, ELK, DEER, ANTELOPE AND MOUNTAIN SHEEP HEADS, INDIAN BLANKETS AND BEADWORK, MINERAL CLOCKS, BOXES, ETC. ETC. ETC. 1716-1718 LARIMER ST." AND IN INK ON THE BILL: "HOOD PICKED UP ON THE CUSTER BATTLE FIELD AFTER GEN. CUSTER WAS KILLED". INVENTORIED 1978."