"Helma" Or Hand-Bag For Work etc.
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1871
name: label: Donor Name
content: Col. Helenus Dodt
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "8/21/52 DR. WM. WALLACE, UCLA SAID THAT THERE WAS NO RECORD OF ANYTHING OF THIS TYPE FROM THIS TRIBE [Mohave], AND HE DOUBTED THAT IT WAS MADE BY THEM." Information from "Textiles of the American Southwest" webpage entry on this artifact: Bag, Mohave. Collected by Helenus Dodt from the Mohave Indians in Arizona. Acquired for the Smithsonian Institution by Edward Palmer in 1871. Technique: Weft-twined. Fibers: 1-ply, plant fiber, natural tan and dyed red, blue, and brown, Z-spin; base of bag is a different, stiffer plant fiber, natural tan. A fringe of natural tan plant fiber decorates the top of the bag. Design: Bands of alternating colors in natural tan and dyed red, blue, and brown.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mohave (Mojave)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 002242
label: USNM Number
content: E10536-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Height
content: 38 cm
label: Width
content: 30 cm