Skin
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1991
name: label: Donor Name
content: No Information
notes: label: Notes
content: Examined by Osteoelogy lab and does not appear to be human. Only sampling and testing can determine the exact type of skin. [this comment unknown date, likely pre-2008] EDIT: Re-examined by Repatriation Osteology Lab in 2018 and the overall mass of the tissue is more consistent with desiccated human skin and muscle tissue. There also appears to be some small fragments of bird skin and feather adhering to the larger mass, suggesting parts of a garment. EDIT: The mummified human soft tissue now under catalog number P352427-1 was found in AT8287, which consists of adhering bird skin fragments and feathers. AT8287 is likely associated with the bird and seal skin parka fragments in A354378, which is considered an associated funerary object. The human tissue in P352427-1 and bird skin fragments in AT8287 are inseparable and will remain together in one storage location and contained in one collection tray. The mummified soft tissue in P352427-1 and funerary item (AT8287 and A354378) is addressed in the Repatriation Office case report, "THE INVENTORY AND ASSESSMENT OF ADDITIONAL HUMAN REMAINS AND ASSOCIATED FUNERARY OBJECT FROM ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND, ALASKA, IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION" in 2020.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Alaska (not certain), United States (not certain), North America (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 999999
label: USNM Number
content: AT8287-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skin