Headdress
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Oct 1886
name: label: Collector
content: Sgt. Samuel Applegate
label: Collector
content: John W. Clark
label: Donor Name
content: Sgt. Samuel Applegate
notes: label: Notes
content: Photo and description in Fienup-Riordan, Ann. 2007. Yuungnaqpiallerput, The Way We Genuinely Live: Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival. Seattle: University Of Washington Press, p. 165. Nasqurrun Bear Claw Headdress. Bear Claw Headdress from Igushak, valued reminder of a successful hunt. Wassilie Evan [from Akiak] recalled, "They say that brown bears have ears through the ground. When people talk aabout how dangerous they are, that bear would say, 'Ah, why do they say that we are dangerous, as if they aren't dangerous themselves.'"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Feb 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Igushik, Igushik River, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 018036
label: USNM Number
content: E127327-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 22 cm
label: Width
content: 25 cm
label: Diameter
content: 15 cm