Tortoise Shell Bowl
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: Turtle shell.
label: Notes
content: "There are ten bowls made from the top shell of the desert tortoise (Testodo agassizii). All the bowls have been scraped to remove the inside structural formations (Figure 71a) ...The desert tortoise is found in the lower, warm Mohavian deserts of extreme southwestern Utah, southern Nevada, and southeastern California (Connolly and Eckert, 1969). Hence the specimens collected from the Kaibab Southern Paiute and from the Gosiute were probably obtained by them in trade from other groups. Provenience: Kaibab Southern Paiute, USNM 11907, 14471, 14472, 14473, 14474, 14475. Moapa Southern Paiute: USNM 14465; Deep Creek Gosiute: USNM 14477, 14478, 14481.USNM 14475 is illustrated by Hough (1922, pl. 9, fig. 3)." Fowler and Matley (1979) p. 76
label: Notes
content: Culture attribution per Fowler and Matley (1979)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 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: Shoshone, Western, Deep Creek Gosiute (Goshute)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 74A00055
label: USNM Number
content: E14478-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dish