Bell
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 May 1990
label: Collection Date
content: 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service (Sites)
label: Collector
content: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service (Sites)
label: Donor Name
content: Sites Native Harvests
notes: label: Notes
content: TWO ASH SPLINT AND SWEET GRASS WOVEN BELL ORNAMENTS IN PLAIT WEAVE, MADE BY IRENE RICHMOND, TRADITIONAL NAME: KASANAHAWEH, SNIPE CLAN, ST. REGIS INDIAN RESERVE, BOMBAY, NEW YORK. ACQUIRED BY SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE (SITES) FOR NATIVE HARVEST EXHIBIT IN 1983. ASH SPLINT RING ON TOP OF BELLS.1/2-FIVE WEFTS OF ASH SPLINT WOVEN IN OVER ONE, UNDER ONE PLAITING TECHNIQUE, DYED RED. TOP SIDE OF DYED SPLINTS SHOWS SIGNIFICANT FADING TO PINK. SPLINT WRAPPER FOR RING IS UNRAVELED.2/2-SIX WEFTS OF ASH SPLINT WOVEN IN OVER ONE, UNDER ONE PLAITING TECHNIQUE TO FORM TWO CHAIN LINK PATTERNS. BLUE DYE SHOWS NO SIGNS OF FADING.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Bombay, Franklin County / St. Regis (Akwesasne) Reservation, New York, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), Mohawk (Kanienʼkehá꞉ka)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378691
label: USNM Number
content: E430153-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 10 cm