Buffalo Hair Wand
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1931
name: label: Collector
content: Joseph H. Sharp
label: Donor Name
content: Victor J. Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Consists of buffalo hair attached to hide which is sewn around a wooden handle."
label: Notes
content: This object is identified by Sally McLendon as collected by Joseph Henry Sharp, subsequently purchased by dealer Grace Nicholson, and then purchased from Nicholson by Victor Evans. See McLendon, Sally, 1981, "Preparing Museum Collections for Use as Primary Data in Ethnographic Research," In: The Research Potential of Anthropological Museum Collections. Anne-Marie E. Cantwell, James B. Griffin, and Nan A. Rothschild, eds. Annals Of The New York Academy of Sciences, 376:201-227. New York: The New York Academy of Sciences. On p. 223 of McLendon's article she notes that entry # 125 in the Nicholson catalogue of the Sharp Collection reads: "Crow - Buffalo Whiskers - Medecine - Sweat House Fan - Very old and Very Rare."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Montana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Crow (Apsaalooke)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113605
label: USNM Number
content: E358686-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Aspergill