Woman's Dancing Mask Or Ornaments
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "38451-2. 3 PAIRS. # 38451-ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; PL. CV-1; P.418. 38451: LOAN: CROSSROADS SEP 22 1988. 38451 ILLUS.: CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS CATALOGUE; FIG.364, P.266. 38451-RETURNED FROM LOAN, 6-25-91." Crossroads of Continents catalogue identifies as Bering Sea Eskimo nucleated dance fans, which originally had caribou fur trim. They have ... [Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)] feathers trimmed with down, and the hoops, spots, and ringed centers probably relate to spiritual vision.
label: Notes
content: At an unknown date Suzanne Peurach of NMNH Department of Vertebrate Zoology sampled/analyzed hairs from this object for identification purposes and determined that portions of this object have been identified as from Lama glama. The microscope slide containing this sample was among those that were returned to the Department of Anthropology in April 2023 by Ingrid Rochon of the Department of Vertebrate Zoology and reunited with their respective objects by Kayla Kramer, Museum Technician, Repatriation Office.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Big Lake, Yukon & Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E38451-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dance Fan