Cooking pot/kettle (Image withheld)
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- Culture/People
- Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but said to have been found on the Custer Battlefield; formerly in the collection of Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973); acquired by MAI in 1968 through an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by the Rockefeller family), which purchased Vernon's entire collection in 1965.
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- Place
- North end of battlefield near the Cheyenne village; Little Bighorn Battlefield; Big Horn County; Montana; USA
- See related items
- Non-Indian
- Northern Plains
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 24/1776
- Barcode
- 241776.000
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Object Name
- Cooking pot/kettle (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Brass
- Techniques
- Commercially produced/manufactured
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_257499