Spear point
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian; probably used by the Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
label: Previous owner
content: David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
label: Previous owner
content: Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but said to have been found on the site of the 1876 Dull Knife Fight (Battle on the Red Fork); formerly in the collection of Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973); 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.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Banks of the North Fork or Red Fork of the Power River at Crazy Woman Creek or Bates Creek; Dull Knife Fight site (Battle of Bates Creek); Johnson County; Wyoming; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/2296
label: Barcode
content: 242296.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Spear point
label: Media/Materials
content: Iron
label: Techniques
content: Hammered