Bear Claw From Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 May 1915
label: Collection Date
content: 1868
name: label: Collector
content: Maj. George H. Palmer
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Estelle H. Palmer
notes: label: Notes
content: Tag quoted on card: “Bears claw from neck of Sioux killed at Ft. C.F. Smith, W.T. [sic, should be M.T. or Montana Territory] by Crows – Big Horn River, 1868.”
label: Notes
content: Fort C. F. Smith was a military post established in the Powder River country by the United States Army in Montana Territory on August 12, 1866. The fort was abandoned in 1868 and burned by the Sioux under Red Cloud. The site of the fort is located on private land, on what is today the Crow Indian Reservation. It is just outside the town of Fort Smith, Montana.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Apr 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fort C. F. Smith, Big Horn County, Montana Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin)
label: Culture
content: Crow (Apsaalooke)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 058289
label: USNM Number
content: E287139-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace