Girdle And Tinder-Bag Of Skin Of Comanche (human)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Feb 1869
name: label: Collector
content: Maj. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee
label: Collector
content: Dr. Henry McElderry
label: Donor Name
content: Army Medical Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MADE FROM THE TANNED SKIN OF A COMANCHE INDIAN BY THE TONKAWAY INDIANS OF FT. GRIFFIN. IT IS ABOUT 1 INCH BROAD, AND AT ONE FOOT FROM EACH END IS A SHORT BAND OF RED FLANNEL, ORNAMENTED WITH SMALL BEADS, FROM WHICH POINTS THE ENDS ARE FRINGED OR CUT IN STRIPS. LENGTH, 4 FT. 9" ILLUS.: FIG. 4 IN SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHRO., VOL.2, NO. 5. ADDITIONAL INFO. IN LAB ACC. FILE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Oct 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fort Griffin, Shackelford County, Texas, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tonkawa (Tickanwa-tic)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416140
label: USNM Number
content: E8450-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 145 cm