Ornament
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1874
name: label: Collector
content: Major John W. Powell
label: Donor Name
content: Major John W. Powell
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TANTALUS BILL. INVENTORIED 1975."
label: Notes
content: Bird bill. "Tantalus" presumably references "Tantalus Loculator Linn", an old name for Mycteria americana, the Wood stork (often called Wood ibis). Object is attached to 19th century exhibit mount, which has the label "Colorado River of the West". Object itself is marked "Paiute". Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies as an Ornament, Paiute. See E14623 for an example of such bird bills being used as ornaments on an artifact.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Feb 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: South, Utah, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Paiute
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 74A00055
label: USNM Number
content: E14497-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament