Stone-headed hammer, hafted by bending a stick round to grip the head and covering with hide. [ASh [OPS move] 23/5/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Stone-headed hammer, hafted by bending a stick round to grip the head and covering with hide. [ASh [OPS move] 23/5/2016]
Geographical reference: United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America; Missouri River
Cultural groups: Oceti Sakowin - Sioux
Person: Field collector Horatio Nelson Rust; PRM source Arthur John Evans
Date
Date collected: 1878
Acquisition information: Donated: 1928
Materials and processes: Material Stone, Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Skin, Process Bound, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Depth: max 114 mm, Height: max 52 mm, Length: max 250 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.68.26
Research and responses: Originally entered on database as Lakota (Sioux). [CW 14 5 99].
The acquisition of stone headed hammers is recorded in Rust's diary as referenced in Horatio Nelson Rust and His Contributions to the Development of American Archaeology by Teresa Militello 'While at the World Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, Rust (Rust 1894a [Letter, Rust to Professor Beardsley, 24 May 1894, Record Unit 1125, the Horatio Nelson Rust papers, Huntington Library, San Marino, California.]) “saw specimens from Dakota of stone hammers with the original handles of wood and rawhide in them.” Excited by the idea that there were living peoples who still used such tools, Rust made arrangements to go to the Great Plains with the express purpose of meeting and seeing these groups for himself. Rust secured a letter of introduction from his friend General Phillip Sheridan and permission from the U.S. Army in 1878 to travel up the Missouri River into the Dakota Territory following the route taken by Lewis and Clark (Sheridan 1878 [Letter, Sheridan to Horatio Rust, 28 May 1878, Record Unit 935, Huntington Library, San Marino, California.]). He went to Forts Sully and Pierre and interviewed Native American groups in the area to directly obtain information about their culture. From these tribes, he collected clothing and moccasins, ornaments, pipes, bags, game pieces, musical instruments, weapons and stone hammers. The last were similar to the type he had observed in Philadelphia. He interviewed several Native Americans on various topics, including their manner of dress, the games they played, and food preparation (Rust 1875 [Pocket Diary. Vols. 16-17, Record Unit 1228, the Horatio Nelson Rust Papers, Huntington Library, San Marino, California.]) and recorded data in his personal journals.'
http://www.pcas.org/assets/documents/pagesfromrustweb-2_000.pdf [accessed 31/10/2016] [MJD (Verve) 31/10/2016]

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