Bullet/Bullets (Image withheld)
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- Culture/People
- Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Wooden Leg (Kâhamâxéveóhtáhe), Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne), 1858-1940
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
- Collection History
- Found on the Custer Battlefield by Wooden Leg (Kâhamâxéveóhtáhe, Northern Cheyenne, 1858-1940); acquired from him by Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973) at an unknown date; 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
- Little Bighorn Battlefield; Big Horn County; Montana; USA
- See related items
- Non-Indian
- Firearms and accessories
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 24/2287
- Barcode
- 242287.000
- Object Type
- Firearms and accessories
- Object Name
- Bullet/Bullets (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Lead
- Techniques
- Cast
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_257983