Lasso (Hair-Rope) of Human hair
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
label: Collection Date
content: 1894 to 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MADE OF SERI INDIAN WOMEN'S HAIR. SIMPLE TWISTED ROPE OF TWO-PLY CORD DOUBLED ON ITSELF. FURNISHED AT ONE END WITH SLIP NOOSE. 15 FEET LONG. THESE SMALL LASSOS ARE FABRICATED BY THE BOYS FROM THEIR MOTHERS' HAIR AND ARE USED IN PLAY, THEIR CHIEF AMUSEMENT BEING THE CATCHING OF THE VILLAGE DOGS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Aug 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sonora, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Seri (Comcaac)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174478-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Line
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 5 m