Ceremonial Stone Club
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1931
name: label: Donor Name
content: Victor J. Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Ovoid stone blade has figurine head of mountain sheep. Marked [carved into the stone club head] with name of "Short Bull." Handle wrapped with beaded cord."
label: Notes
content: There were several prominent Lakota men named Short Bull: Grant Short Bull (ca. 1851–1935) was a member of Soreback Band, Oglala Lakota, and a participant in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He became a headman during the early twentieth century on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Arnold Short Bull (ca. 1845 – 1915), was a member of the Brulé Lakota tribe, and was instrumental in bringing the Ghost Dance movement to the Rosebud Reservation. Arnold Short Bull later joined Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show, and made several trips to Europe with the show.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Mar 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Plains Northern, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin)
label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Lakota (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113605
label: USNM Number
content: E359531B-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club