Cannon bone handle; leather thong; leather wrist loop.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Teton Dakota
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Carried by mounted men at all times; also used as weapon in fights.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 21.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1974-1975 #108: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Larry Michalak (May 27, 1975–June 2, 1975) and S1982-1983 #23: University of California, Berkeley (January 14, 1983–March 24, 1983)