Otter Skin Bag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1991
name: label: Donor Name
content: No Information
notes: label: Notes
content: OLD RING TAG WITH ARTIFACT SAYS: "MEDICINE BAG OF FUR. CHIPPEWA I. COLLECTOR UNKNOWN." THIS IS AN OTTER SKIN BAG WITH BRASS BUTTON EYES. IT HAS RED WOOL TRADE CLOTH WITH BEADED DECORATION ATTACHED TO TAIL. THIS OBJECT FORMERLY CALLED C299 BUT HAS BEEN RENUMBERED AS C299A TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM IROQUOIS MOCCASIN ALSO (AND STILL) NUMBERED C299. - F. PICKERING 6-27-2000 Anthropology Conservation Lab records note that a fiber bundle was found inside.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Mar 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: United States (not certain) / Canada (not certain), North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chippewa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 999999
label: USNM Number
content: EC299A-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag