Antelope Head Decoy
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. John B. White
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LABEL READS: 'APACHE INDIANS, ARIZONA' ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. INDIANS, VOL. 10 SOUTHWEST, FIG. 1, PG. 371." HANDBOOK CAPTION IDENTIFIES THIS AS: "ANTELOPE HEAD MASK WORN WHEN HUNTING ANTELOPE ... . A TWIG IS BENT INTO A CIRCLE AND LASHED WITH LEATHER TO THE BASE OF THE MASK, WHICH RESTS ON THE HUNTER'S SHOULDERS. THE FEATURES OF THE SKINNED-OUT HEAD WOULD BE STUFFED WITH GRASS; THE HORNS ARE MISSING HERE." White's catalogue for his collection is in the National Anthropological Archives - Manuscript # 7435. This object is listed as # 26 in the manuscript, under the listing on the Arizona collections, and described as "Antelope head used by the Apaches to decoy deer. "Pe-tone" an Apache Chief killed 16 deer in a few hours with this head ..." "Pe-tone" may refer to Petone, a White Mountain Apache chief? - F. Pickering 10-4-2007
label: Notes
content: “Antelope Head used by the Apaches to decoy Deer. “Pe-tone” an Apache chief killed 16 deer in a few hours with this head. It is set on the top of their head secured under the chin, they then bend their body forward, throwing over their body a piece of cotton cloth, then Imitate the actions of the deer and creep up upon them without their discovering the deception.” per White's original catalog in the NAA.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Aug 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Apache
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004869
label: USNM Number
content: E21525-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Decoy
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 26.5 cm