Calf Muzzle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Jul 1931
name: label: Donor Name
content: Museum Of Academy Of Sciences Leningrad
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: ""Muzzle of birch bark for young calves to hinder them from sucking the mother." Three sharp wooden stakes point backward - attached by horsehair cord."
label: Notes
content: Reference: Ivanova-Unarova, Zinaida, 2017. Siberian Collections in the U.S. Museums. Yakutsk. Object is identified there: Calfmuzzle. Tomtoruk. 19th century, second half. Birch bark, wood, horsehair. Sewing, carving, weaving. L.: 16 (without horns). This birch bark muzzle is sewn traditionally in the shape of a cone, resembling a horse hoof. Three sharp wooden 'horns' are attached to it using horsehair so that the calf would not suck milk between milkings. A narrow rope woven from black and white horsehair is tied to the lower ring.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Aldan & Lena Rivers Area, Siberia, Russia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yakut (Sakha)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 103666
label: USNM Number
content: E352224-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Muzzle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 16 cm