Incised Bone
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: SMALL BONE (PROBABLY BIRD) WHICH IS COVERED WITH AN INCISED CHECKERBOARD DESIGN WITH CROSSHATCHING ON DARK SQUARES . THERE IS A CORD TIED THOUGH IT, BUT IT MAY BE MODERN MANUFACTURE. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "WORN IN THE SEPTUM OF THE NOSE."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies this (mostly in Spanish) as "Adorno de las nare (tluck osonote) (Nose)". Adorno = ornament. "Nare" is presumably a poor phonetic transliteration of "nariz" (which is pronounced something like nah-reeth), the Spanish word for nose, so this would be a nose ornament.This object seems to be included under the heading in the Peale catalogue of "Native manufactures from St Francisco [San Franciso Mission] California. Presented by Padre Quijas" (presumably Father Jose Lorenzo Quijas). The use of Spanish in the description seems to be confirmation of that.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2690-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Nose Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 0.8 cm