Cap Of Fur And Feathers
name: label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Head-dress - Band of otter skin with scalp and muzzle in front, two brass army buttons in eye-holes. Crown made of the breast of a white aquatic fowl, sewed to the otter skin. Lined with dark-blue cloth. Visor of glazed leather. Worn by Blackfoot Indians. Diameter of top, 9", Height, 3", Size 7.5". Lent to Washington State University, Oct. 13, 1992, returned 3-18-97." A Scotch cap.
label: Notes
content: July, 2011. Suzanne Peurach, Collections Manager in the NMNH Division of Mammals, identified the face and additional fur on the cap E7130 as red fox, Vulpes vulpes. The microscope slide containing this sample was among those that were returned to the Department of Anthropology in April 2023 by Ingrid Rochon of the Department of Vertebrate Zoology and reunited with their respective objects by Kayla Kramer, Museum Technician, Repatriation Office.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Dakota Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Blackfoot (Niitsitapi, Siksikaitsitapi)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: E7130-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat