Moosehide Handbag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Apr 1945
label: Collection Date
content: 1914
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Joseph N. Cannon
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Joseph N. Cannon
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Oval shaped native tanned brown moosehide, with drawstring, and short double fringe around edge. Lined with black cotton cloth. Decorated on the front with a typical shield-bodied, spread-winged [Heraldic] American eagle of red, white, blue, yellow, and black glass beads, and faceted steel beads. These last two are acculturated features though of long standing."
label: Notes
content: Note: the Heraldic eagle with shield on its chest is used on the Great Seal of the United States and has appeared on early U.S. Peace Medals and on the reverse of various U.S. coins, etc..
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Mar 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mentasta Village, Tanana River (Upper), Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Athabascan (Athabaskan)
label: Culture
content: Ahtna (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 170020
label: USNM Number
content: E383660-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag