Lance
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Jun 1874
label: Collection Date
content: Aug 1873
name: label: Collector
content: Gen. Alexander M. McCook
label: Donor Name
content: Army Medical Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: Army Medical Museum logbook Section 6, entry 685, indicates lance was sent to the Smithsonian February 8 1884. There may be some error in date, as another section of the logbook entry indicates it was "Transferred to SI Nov. 19 1874", and it was catalogued by the Smithsonian in 1874. AMM logbook entry describes it as: “Lance of a Comanche Indian and the scalp of a white girl aged 9 years old. The scalp was taken whilest the child was living with her parents near Camp Colorado, Texas - The lance came into my possession at Post McKavett in August 1973. ...” Brevt. Major General McCook. Logbook indicates the Army Medical Museum received this object July 23, 1874. When this object was catalogued by the Smithsonian in 1874, the lance was given catalogue number E15697 and the scalp was given number E15698. It is unclear from the information available if the scalp and lance were obtained together or at separate times.
label: Notes
content: Lance is in two pieces.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Oct 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Fort McKavett, Menard County, Texas, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Comanche (Numunuu)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 003571
label: USNM Number
content: E15697-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lance