Indian Dress Ornament
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Jan 1867
name: label: Donor Name
content: John Varden
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "QUILLED PIECE OF BUCKSKIN-POSSIBLY PENDANT FROM A WHOLE SKIN BAG. JOHN VARDEN'S WASHINGTON MUSEUM CATALOG (ORIGINAL IN SMITHSONIAN ARCHIVES) HAS THE FOLLOWING ENTRY: '4 INDIAN ORNAMENTS FROM THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY.' OBTAINED BY VARDEN FROM GEORGE SYLVESTER, JUNE-JULY, 1836. THESE ORNAMENTS MAY BE REPRESENTED BY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CATALOGED SPECIMENS: 5422-3, 5426-8, 5434, 5436, 5414." EXAMINED BY DR. WILLIAM STURTEVANT AND CHRISTIAN FEEST, JULY 26, 1995, AND IDENTIFIED AS POSSIBLY NORTHEAST TYPE. TRIANGULAR BUCKSKIN PIECE DECORATED WITH QUILLWORK AND TINKLERS, PERHAPS DECORATIVE PENDANT FLAP FROM A POUCH OR QUIVER. COMPARE TO CATLIN COLLECTION #S E386548 AND E386539. - F. PICKERING 5-9-2001
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Sep 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Missouri River, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 68A00002
label: USNM Number
content: E5426-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament