Indian Scarecrow
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1870
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 54; P1. 22, FIG. 3. P. 296." FROM CARD: "SCARECROW.--CONSISTING OF WREATH OF TWIGS WRAPPED IN RAGS, AND FIVE BONES AND A TIN CAN WHICH ARE SUSPENDED FROM THE WREATH BY STRINGS MADE OF BUFFALO HAIR. THE WIND CAUSES THE BONES AND THE CAN TO COME IN CONTACT, THUS MAKING A RATTLING SOUND, WHICH ADDS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SCARECROW. LENGTH, 19 INCHES. MOKI (Hopi) INDIANS (SHOSHONEAN STOCK), MOKI (Hopi) PUEBLO. RESERVATION, ARIZONA. 9,571. COLLECTED BY DR. EDWARD PALMER."
label: Notes
content: Center pole of scarecrow appears to be an exhibit prop but is being retained with artifact per curator Dr. William Merrill.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hopi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 001793
label: USNM Number
content: E9571-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scarecrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 48 cm