Lock of human hair
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Feb 1892
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Z. T. Daniel
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Z. T. Daniel
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Cut from head of 'Yellow Thigh and Red Star' of the Custer massacre [sic]."
label: Notes
content: Per collector/donor Z. T. Daniel's letter in the accession file, he acquired this hair circa 1890 from a Sioux man who had been named both Yellow Thigh and Red Star, and who had "served" with Sitting Bull during the Great Sioux War (a.k.a. the Black Hills War). Daniel had known this man during his time spent as a physician at the Yankton Agency 1877 - 1880. Daniel says in his letter that Yellow Thigh/Red Star came to visit him one day and requested that Daniel cut/trim his hair, and Daniel subsequently sent the trimmings to the Smithsonian.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Oct 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, South Dakota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Yankton (Ihanktonwan) Dakota
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025372
label: USNM Number
content: E153543-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hair