Lariat 3 Pieces
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Sep 1959
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. National Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: IN AN ENVELOPE IN ARCHEOLOGY'S FILES, THESE SPECIMENS WERE FOUND, WITH [WILLIAM HENRY] HOLMES WRITING AS FOLLOWS: "INDIAN LARIATS. CAPTURED FROM NAVAJO (? THIEVES) AT RECAPTURE CREEK, COLORADO, 1875 -- W.H. HOLMES." "PORTIONS OF THE 20 (OR MORE) FOOT LONG LARIATS LEFT ON THE GROUND WHEN TOM COOPER FRIGHTENED THE RASCALS AWAY. THEY EXPECTED TO USE THESE VALUABLE ADJUNCTS OF THE HORSE THIEVES OUTFIT IN LEADING AWAY OUR ANIMALS. THE MICE CHEWED THE LARIATS SO THAT WE HAVE ONLY SHORT PIECES TO PRESERVE." PROVENIENCE NOTE: NO "RECAPTURE CREEK" COULD BE FOUND IN GAZETTEERS AND MAPS OF COLORADO; HOWEVER, THERE IS A RECAPTURE CREEK IN UTAH, FLOWING INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER IN SAN JUAN COUNTY, ABOUT 18 MILES FROM THE COLORADO BORDER.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Recapture Creek, San Juan County, Colorado (not certain) / Utah, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Navajo (Diné)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 227233
label: USNM Number
content: E397498-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Line