Cup

Museum number:
2-62055
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Accession number:
Acc.3450
Description:
Buffalo horn with piece of wood inserted as base for cup. A leather strap is attached.
Donor:
Edith Hamlin Dixon
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Blackfoot of Canada and Blackfoot of US
Collector:
Maynard Dixon
Collection date:
Before 1946
Taxon:
Bison bison
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
Used as a drinking cup.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 8.5 centimeters and diameter 8 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 2-62055, described as Buffalo horn with piece of wood inserted as base for cup. A leather strap is attached.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 2-62055, described as Buffalo horn with piece of wood inserted as base for cup. A leather strap is attached.

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