Bell (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian; possibly collected from the Sioux
label: Collector
content: Captain Thomas M. MacDougall, Non-Indian, 1845-1909
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: Said to have some association with Captain Thomas M. MacDougall (1845-1909), who was assigned to protect the mule pack trains of the US Seventh Cavalry during the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876; additionally said to have been acquired from the daughter of a Sioux warrior in the battle; 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: Little Bighorn Battlefield; Big Horn County; Montana; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Sioux
label: See related items
content: Music and Sound
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/1708
label: Barcode
content: 241708.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Music and Sound
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bell (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Brass
label: Techniques
content: Cast