Lance
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Sep 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. George C. Ruhle
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. George C. Ruhle
notes: label: Notes
content: From Card: "Decorative lance given to Dr. Ruhle by Onistapoka (White Calf) a N. Blackfoot. Consists of double-edged "dag type" metal blade, stamped "I&H SORBY ...", set into the end of a wooden pole and held in place by piece of wire covered with skin thong. Pole wrapped with continuous strip of otter fur. Beaded medallion attached to wrapping near lance head. Note: Although the lance head is of an old Northern Plains type obtained from traders during the 19th century and used for both lance heads and knife blades by the Blackfoot tribes, this lance doubtless was made during the 20th century and may have served primarily as an accessory to costume on dress occasions. jce [John C. Ewers]"
label: Notes
content: Speculatively, "White Calf" may be the Piegan/Piikani Blackfoot man called John Two Guns White Calf (1872 - 1934)? Collector/donor Dr. Ruhle had worked at Glacier National Park and John Two Guns White Calf had worked promoting the park. See: Wikipedia contributors, "John Two Guns White Calf," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Two_Guns_White_Calf&oldid=1107670651 (accessed December 7, 2022), and Estes, Roberta (21 May 2012). "John Two Guns White Calf". Native Heritage Project. https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/05/21/john-two-guns-white-calf/ (Retrieved 7 December 2022).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Dec 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Montana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Blackfoot (Niitsitapi, Siksikaitsitapi), Northern
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 323955
label: USNM Number
content: E419100A-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lance