Shaman's Belt "Na-Ko-Gun"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Jan 1887
name: label: Collector
content: William J. Fisher
label: Donor Name
content: William J. Fisher
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Claws and sealskin." Part of a set of Sugpiaq shaman's objects E127802 - 7. See remarks for E127804, where information from Aron Crowell identifies E127802 as a charm belt with brown (grizzly) bear claws.
label: Notes
content: Reference: Crowell, Aron. “Postcontact Koniag Ceremonialism on Kodiak Island and the Alaska Peninsula: Evidence from the Fisher Collection.” Arctic Anthropology 29, no. 1 (1992): 18–37. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40316240. Copy of this article is attached to accession record.
label: Notes
content: 1989 analysis of fur by Bonnie Farmer, NMNH Dept. of Vertebrate Zoology: Phoca vitulina / Harbor (Common) Seal. Another possible species, closely resembling P. vitulina, is P. hispida (Ringed seal). Unknown/Tentative Identification: The largest claws appear to be Ursus arctos (Grizzly bear); the smaller ones could be from any available species of bear (Ursus maritimus or U. americanus, Polar Bear and American Black Bear respectively).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Feb 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ugashik, Alaska Peninsula / Ugashik River, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), Koniag
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 018490
label: USNM Number
content: E127802-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt