Lovely sterling silver women’s ring with a deep green stone, the stone and setting measuring approximately .75 x 1, found in Sitting Bull’s camp after the Battle of Little Big Horn. The band has been engraved with various designs including two feathered arrows and the stone has a vague etching of a buffalo face. In very good condition, with scattered dings, scratches, and soiling. Originates from the Harrisburg Collection formed by Stephen R. Reed, the longest-serving Mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for inclusion in a National Museum of the Old West he hoped to establish in the state capital, a project that never came to fruition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the president of the Reno Battlefield Museum, in full: “Little Big Horn Artifacts from Custer’s Last Stand. Found on the Reno Battlefield and Sitting Bulls Camp. Artifact: Silver Ring Green Stone Buffalo Face IA 454. Area Found: Sitting Bull Camp. Year Found: 1997. This artifact is guaranteed to have been legally collected on the site of Major Marcus A. Reno’s fight in the valley against the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, June 25th, 1876”; this also includes a map of the site where it was found. Also accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mayor Linda D. Thompson of Harrisburg, stating that the artifact was acquired from the fabled Harrisburg Collection.
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