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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian; Sioux
Title:Bison horns with quill work
Date Made:1890s
Type:Personal Gear
Materials:Bison horn, leather, and porcupine quills
Place Made:North America; United States
Measurements:overall: 4 in x 15 in x 4 in; 10.16 cm x 38.1 cm x 10.16 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK K.97
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
 

This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of affiliated Tribal officials or the descendants of those who made it.

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Description:
Bison horns with porcupine quill work.

Label Text:
The Sioux are a diverse group of related Native American and Canadian First Nations communities with a homeland encompassing a broad swath of the Great Plains. These two objects (displayed with SK.K.A.7.f.6) relate to the American bison and demonstrate its ubiquity in Sioux material culture. The hammer was used in the 19th century to pound dried bison or elk meat mixed with fruit and berries to make a base for meals. This purely utilitarian object contrasts with the bison horn with quillwork, a decorative item created for the early tourist market. It was crafted by an unknown artisan using traditional art forms and ornamentation to engage with a changing social and economic landscape.

(Jan. 2017)

Tags:
indigenous people; Native American

Subjects:
Indians of North America; Indigenous peoples; Leather

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