Mirror In Wood Frame
date: label: Accession Date
content: 31 Dec 1867
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of War
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3/4" THICK DISK OF WOOD WITH A 2 BY 3" MIRROR SET IN EACH SIDE. STUDDED ON EDGE WITH BRASS TACKS. THIN HANDLE 25" L. CARVED INTO SEVERAL DOUBLE DIAMOND SHAPES AND HUNG AT END WITH RAWHIDE STRIPS WHICH ORIGINALLY HAD FEATHERS ATTACHED TO THEM. SOMETIMES KNOWN AS "MIRROR BOARDS", EITHER CEREMONIAL OR FOR SIGNALLING. *IN GENERAL THESE WERE MAINLY USED BY THE PLAINS INDIANS. LOAN: DENVER MUSEUM 3/15/65 RETURNED 10/6/65. THIS SPECIMEN BEARS " WAR DEPT. 1841" NOTATION." CATALOGUE NUMBERS 2669 - 2673 HAVE NO DONOR OR COLLECTOR LISTED IN THE ORIGINAL MUSEUM LEDGER BOOKS. 2669 IS TAGGED, AND OBJECT ITSELF MAY ONCE HAVE BEEN MARKED?, "WAR DEPT. 1841." 2670 HAS A VERY OLD 19TH CENTURY MUSEUM TAG MARKED "U.S. WAR DEPT.". BASED ON THAT, IT MAY BE SPECULATED THAT 2669 - 2673 ALL CAME FROM THE U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT. - F. PICKERING 4-1-2002
label: Notes
content: Compare also to E5399, E88301, and E387295.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Jun 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Woodlands (Northeast) (not certain) / Plains (not certain), United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 67A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2669-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mirror Board