4 Cowhides (Kheeg)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 Aug 1971
label: Collection Date
content: 1968 to 1969
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Donald M. Godden
label: Collector
content: Charles F. Walton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Donald M. Godden
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Tanned, doubled, trussed and lashed; used as floats ... with river boats."
label: Notes
content: See related objects E412443 and E412444. These hide floats or pontoons would be used as flotation devices to help a river raft platform like E412443 float on the water. Traditionally, inflated animal hides were used, though in more recent times large tire tubes, like truck tire tubes, have been used as floats/pontoons.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Batkhela, Swat / Malakand, North-West Frontier Province (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Swati
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 296278
label: USNM Number
content: E412445-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Raft Pontoon