Skin
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 Sep 1898
label: Collection Date
content: 1897 to 1898
name: label: Collector
content: John B. Hatcher
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: This unpainted guanaco skin was numbered E178414A, but later changed to E178420. There is another robe numbered E178420 that seems to be the correct one for that number, therefore this guanaco skin has been changed back to E178414A for now. It is unclear how/whether it is related to E178414-0. It may also possibly be one of the cradle E178406A accessories or the saddle E178409 accessories? In any case, is highly probable that it was used in the old Tehuelche mannequin group case, "Family Group of the Tehuelche Indians"? Various versions of this group were on display for a number of years, including finally in NMNH Exhibit Hall 11, Case 53, and the majority, if not all of the artifacts in the case/on the mannequins came from the John Bell Hatcher collections. You can see a photo of one version online: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 12-492, Image No. SIA2012-2807, https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_367782 . See also Neg. # 43595H, print filed in Hall 11 exhibit book, case 53.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Patagonia, Argentina, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tehuelche (Aónikenk)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 033958
label: USNM Number
content: E178414A-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skin