Wooden Needle "Tsin Be" Nakan
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Mar 1887
label: Collection Date
content: 1887
name: label: Collector
content: Alexander M. Stephen
label: Donor Name
content: Alexander M. Stephen
notes: label: Notes
content: SHRUBS OF ROSEACRE. TO SEW ON TASSELS.SHOEMAKING OUTFIT OF A NAVAJO INDIAN (ATHAPASCAN STOCK), CONSISTING OF AWLS, NEEDLES, UNFINISHED MOCCASIN, SHOES, AND FINISHED MOCCASIN, AND A PAIR OF DANCE SHOES. THE NAVAJOES LIVE IN THE DESERT OF ARIZONA, WHERE THE THORNY VEGETATION MAKES IT NECESSARY THAT THE FEET BE WELL PROTECTED. THE MOCCASIN, THEREFORE, HAS A THICK SOLE TURNED UP WELL IN FRONT. SHORT LEGGINGS ATTACHED TO THE VAMP FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ANKLES. THE NAVAJO WOMEN WEAR LEGGINGS, EACH OF WHICH CONTAINS A WHOLE DEERSKIN.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Keams Canyon, Navajo County, Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Navajo (Diné)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 018812
label: USNM Number
content: E128111-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Needle