National Anthropological Archives

MS 2970 Photograph of Shoshoni prayer horn

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS2970
Creators:
Corbusier, William Henry, 1844-1930
Dates:
October 1880
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
1 Page
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
With description.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Presented to Col. Corbusier at the Shoshone and Bannock Indian Agency, near Fort Washakie, Wyoming, after a Sun Dance, in October 1880.

Administration

Existence and Location of Originals
Prayer horn still in possession of William T. Corbusier, 113 La Verne Avenue, Long Beach, California, 90803, now aged 85, according to his letter of March 29, 1967.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 2970, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 2970


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Shoshone Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Shoshone Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Basin Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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