Backrest
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 May 1927
name: label: Collector
content: Col. Charles H. Heyl
label: Donor Name
content: Charles H. Heyl II
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CONDITION REPORT AFTER REMOVAL FROM EXHIBIT HALL 9 (C. VALENTOUR 3/98): "TRAPEZOIDAL SHAPED BACKREST MADE FROM THIN REEDS ATTACHED W/ SINEWS IN 4 STRIPS RUNNING LENGTHWISE. TOP PART IS SHORT END & HAS A BUCKSKIN CARRYING STRAP, PAINTED YELLOW & DECORATED W/ COLORED GLASS BEADS, TIN DANGLES, & DYED YELLOW HORSE HAIR TUFTS. TOP PORTION OF BACKREST DECORATED W/ 14 ALTERNATING HORIZONTAL STRIPES (EACH STRIPE IS 7 REEDS WIDE), PAINTED RED & WHITE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 May 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cheyenne (Tsitsistas, Suhtai)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 096777
label: USNM Number
content: E336860-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Backrest
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 168 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 99 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 1.91 cm