This horn was fashioned by a Major H F Scott of the US Mounted Rifles during the American Civil War. He has carved a picture of himself and a campaign map of an area around Fort Butler.
They’re distinguished by coloring, size, and even horn shape ... but it’s thought early American settlers called bison “buffalo” because they look similar—large, brown, hulking beasts ...
Toward that end, the National Museum of the American Indian just put on prominent display Winyan Wánakikśin, a buffalo horn belt made by Lakota artists Kevin and Valerie Pourier to honor the ...