Otter Skin (Zunne) Wraps
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
label: Collection Date
content: 1875 to 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Stephen Powers
label: Donor Name
content: Stephen Powers
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM ACCESSION FILE, "LIST OF ARTICLES COLLECTED FROM THE INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA, IN 1875 AND 1876, BY STEPHEN POWERS": "19621, 'BADZOGO BUHUH' OTTER SKIN STRIPS FOR WRAPPING THE QUEUES. WORN BY MEN." ... PROVENIENCE NOTE: THE ABOVE IS ON THE PART OF THE LIST UNDER THE SUBHEADING OF "PIUTES, WALKER LAKE, NEVADA." (THE "ZUNNE WRAPS" APPEARING ON THE CARD CATALOG IS A PRESUMED MISREADING OF "WRAPS FOR QUEUES" FROM THIS LIST.) THE SECOND CARD IN THE CATALOG IDENTIFIES THE OTTER SKIN AS "PROBABLY LUTRA CANADENSIS." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "HEAD-DRESS, (BADZOGO BUHUK.)---STRIP OF OTTER SKIN (PROBABLY LUTRA CANADENSIS) FOR WRAPPING THE QUEUES. WORN BY MEN. PAI UTES, WALKER LAKE. LENGTH, 4 FT. 3 INS. WIDTH, 1 IN. NEVADA, 1875. 19,621."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Walker Lake, Mineral County, Nevada, 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: 004856
label: USNM Number
content: E19621-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Braid Wrap
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 130 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3 cm