Woman's Cincture
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Sep 1898
name: label: Collector
content: Emile Granier
label: Donor Name
content: Emile Granier
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "FRINGE OF THONGS WOUND WITH GRASS, TIPPED WITH PINON SEEDS." FROM CARD: "200,620 A. WOMAN'S SKIRT, OF THE HUPA INDIANS (ATHAPASCAN STOCK). MADE OF ELK SKIN CUT INTO LONG STRANDS, TO WHICH QUITE AS MANY STRANDS ARE ADDED MADE OF STRIPS OF RAG. THE LOWER HALF OF EACH STRAND IS SEPARATELY DECORATED WITH FALSE BRAID AND WRAPPING OF ROOT, BUT ABOUT 3 INCHES ARE LEFT BARE TO FORM A BAND ACROSS THE SKIRT. FROM THE MIDDLE UPWARD THE STRANDS ARE GATHERED INTO TWOS AND THREES AND WRAPPED WITH ROOT. NEAR THE TOP THESE ARE AGAIN GROUPED INTO TWENTY-SEVEN BUNCHES AND WRAPPED WITH SPLIT ROOT. IN TWO PLACES ONE COURSE OF TWINED WEAVING HOLDS THE STRANDS IN PLACE. FROM END TO END OF THE BELT IS A BAND OF FRINGED ELK SKIN DECORATED WITH EAGLE'S CLAWS. CALIFORNIA. 200,620. COLLECTED BY EMILE GRANIER."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Mar 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hupa
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 034005
label: USNM Number
content: E200620-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Apron