Skins (1 Lot)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 Sep 1898
label: Collection Date
content: 1897 to 1898
name: label: Collector
content: John B. Hatcher
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "GUANACO SKINS, FOR MAKING TENT [TOLDO]. SMALL WOODEN PEGS, WITH THIS. PLACED IN BASE OF CASE. W. END OF HALL 11."
label: Notes
content: A copy of a February 25, 1898 letter in Accession file from John Bell Hatcher to W. J. McGee of the Bureau of American Ethnology references these artifacts. Hatcher notes: "I arranged with a ... [Tehuelche woman] to make you a model of one of their toldos [tent/houses], and if she fails me I have packed several small Guanaco hides in the box with which I can make one when I return." E178414 appears to be these small guanaco hides, which are with a box of some small wooden tent pegs.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Mar 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Patagonia, Argentina, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tehuelche (Aónikenk)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 033958
label: USNM Number
content: E178414-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skin