Mr. and Mrs. Spotted Horn Bull
date: label: associated date
content: 1876-06-25
notes: label: Description
content: Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Spotted Horn Bull (Sioux name Tatanka He Gleska). Mrs. Spotted Horn Bull was also called Pretty White Buffalo (Sioux name Ptesan Waste Win). They were members of the Hunkpapa Lakota, also known as the Teton Sioux, tribe. Mr. and Mrs. Spotted Horn Bull were both present at the Battle of the Little Bighorn - Mr. Spotted Horn Bull fought in the battle and Mrs. Spotted Horn Bull watched from a distance. Mr. Spotted Horn Bull is pictured sitting with a blanket on his lap, holding a long pipe, with a patterned shirt, a scarf and beaded jewelry around his neck, and a single feather on the back of his head. His long hair is down and hanging over his shoulders. Mrs. Spotted Horn Bull is standing by him with her arm on his shoulder. She is wearing light colored fringe dress with a belt. She has long beaded necklaces on and her hair is parted down the middle and braided with two braids hanging over her shoulders.Written on back of the photograph in ink is: "Mr & Mrs / Spotted Horn Bull / who were / in the Battle of the / [illegible] Little Big Horn / June 25th 1876 / Mrs Spotted Horn Bull / has been known to talk / on two occasions regarding / the fight - She is suspected / of being the one who followed / the young officer who blew / his brains out as he thought / he was pursued"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: United States: Montana, Little Bighorn
topic: label: related event
content: Battle of the Little Bighorn
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0311.34
label: accession number
content: 2003.0311
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0311.34
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 16.51 cm x 10.795 cm