Ankle Bands
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 May 1892
label: Collection Date
content: 1872
name: label: Collector
content: Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen
label: Collector
content: William Courtenay
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Mildred M. Hazen
notes: label: Notes
content: Pair of skunk pelt bands, partially lined in red. Originally identified as "hair decorations", these may be anklets worn to denote various war honors. Culture identification changed from Sioux to Hidatsa, Arikara, or Mandan by Candace Greene May 2017 based on a full review of the collecting history and consideration of general stylistic traits.
label: Notes
content: Dr. JoAllyn Archambault, Standing Rock Sioux, NMNH Department of Anthropology identified as possibly anklets.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Feb 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Fort Buford, Williams County, Dakota Territory / North Dakota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hidatsa (?)
label: Culture
content: Arikara (Sahnish) (?)
label: Culture
content: Mandan (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025748
label: USNM Number
content: E153980-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Anklet