Flying Squirrel Skin With Twine
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Jun 2005
label: Collection Date
content: 1960 to 1969
name: label: Collector
content: John T. Hitchcock
label: Donor Name
content: Catharine McClellan
notes: label: Notes
content: Flying Squirrel pelt. One fur pelt with handspun twine around neck.
label: Notes
content: A shaman named Sakrante is shown wearing the object for ceremonial use in film "Gurkha Country" (available at the Human Studies Film Archives, 2007.7.1) and "Himalayan Shaman of Northern Nepal" (2007.7.3) and in photo (National Anthropological Archives, Hitchcock Collection, Box 53 "Buji Khola Pictures" from 1967, and Box 80 Album D.) Reference to the object is found in Box 36 file "Siberia, Afghanistan, Bhuji valley Shamanism and Cuture" (chapter 2, "Bhujel Shamanism" Page 5) Associated with Shaman's belt (catalog number E433310)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Apr 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nepal, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Magar (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2032229
label: USNM Number
content: E433303-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial Object