Medicine Man's Dancing Cape
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
label: Collection Date
content: 1875
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LOAN: R. H. LOWIE MUSEUM, 12/31/64. LOAN RETURNED FEB 15 1966." FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "DANCING CAPE.---MADE OF A SINGLE PIECE OF BUCKSKIN AND STAMPED WITH BLACK AND RED PAINT. THE HEAD IS ADMITTED THROUGH THE OPENING AND THE CAPE IS SUSPENDED FROM THE SHOULDERS. ATTACHED IS A FRINGE OF BUCKSKIN. INDIANS OF SITKA, ALASKA, 1876. 20,900. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. WORN BY MEDICINE MAN."
label: Notes
content: List in accession file does not identify either a culture or locality for this object. Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists a locality of Sitka, though that might be the place of purchase?
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Baranof Island / Sitka, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004730
label: USNM Number
content: E20900-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cape