Duck Bone Money
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Stephen Powers
label: Donor Name
content: Stephen Powers
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SMALL CIRCULAR DISKS OF GREY COLORED SHELL. INVENTORIED 1975. THE OVAL 4 1/2" L. SHELL GORGET HANGING ON THIS STRING MAY NOT BELONG TO IT AT ALL, BUT WAS ATTACHED WHEN USED IS AS A NECKLACE ON EXHIBIT." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "NECKLACE, (AHOHOH.)--ANNULAR SECTIONS OF BONES OF DUCK, 1/16 INCH LONG AND 3/16 INCH IN DIAMETER, STRUNG ON CORD OF TWISTED CALICO. DUCK BONE, USED AS MONEY. PIUTES OF PYRAMID LAKE. LENGTH, 21 1/2 FEET. NEVADA, 1876. 19,062. COLLECTED BY STEPHEN POWERS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Mar 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Washoe County / Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Paiute
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004856
label: USNM Number
content: E19062-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 6.6 m