Sharps .45 caliber rifle
date: label: Date created
content: 1865-1880
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian; collected from the Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)
label: Artist/Maker
content: Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company, Hartford, Connecticut, 1851-1881
label: Donor
content: Cecelia Miles Reber (Cecelia Sherman Miles/Mrs. Samuel K. Reber), Non-Indian, 1869-1952
label: Donor
content: Major General Sherman Miles, Non-Indian, 1882-1966
label: Previous owner
content: General Nelson A. Miles (Nelson Appleton Miles), Non-Indian, 1839-1925
label: Collector
content: General Nelson A. Miles (Nelson Appleton Miles), Non-Indian, 1839-1925
label: Previous owner
content: Chief Rain In The Face (Iromagaja/Ito-na-gaju/Ite-Mahazhu/I-Te-Amaghazhu/Exa-ma-gozua), Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux), ca. 1835-1905
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by Hunkpapa Lakota leader Rain in the Face (Iromagaja, ca. 1835-1905); surrendered to General Nelson A. Miles (1839-1925, U.S. Army) at Fort Keough in 1880 or 1881; inherited by his children, Cecelia Miles Reber (Mrs. Samuel K. Reber, 1869-1952) and Major General Sherman Miles (1882-1966); donated to MAI by Major General Sherman Miles and Cecelia Miles Reber in 1925.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: North Dakota or South Dakota; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Firearms and accessories
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 14/2179
label: Barcode
content: 142179.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Firearms and accessories
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Sharps .45 caliber rifle
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, metal, hide
label: Techniques
content: Commercially produced/manufactured
label: Dimensions
content: 99.4 x 6.8 x 10.7 cm