Band Of Bear's Claws Head-Dress
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 1866
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Robert Kennicott
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "HEAD-DRESS: BAND OF RED FLANNEL, ONE INCH BROAD, BOUND WITH BLUE CLOTH, AND EDGED WITH WHITE BEADS, TO WHICH BAND ARE SECURED, THROUGH HOLES IN ROOTS, SEVEN CLAWS OF GRIZZLY BEAR, URSUS HORRIBILIS. WORN BY SLAVE INDIANS, HUDSON BAY TERRITORY. SAME SPECIMEN ENTERED AS CATALOG NO. 539. LOAN GLENBOW NOV 13 1987. LOAN RETURNED NOV 25 1988. ILLUS.: THE SPIRIT SINGS. CATALOGUE, GLENBOW-ALBERTA INST., 1987, #S38, P.100."
label: Notes
content: Provenience note: catalogue card mistranscribes locality as Fort Laird. Correct spelling is Fort Liard.
label: Notes
content: This object was on display in the National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Objects of Wonder", 2017 - 2024.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Jan 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fort Liard, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Slavey (Slave, Dene)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00102
label: USNM Number
content: E2040-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress