Carving Of Lepedopter Butterfly Larva
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1880
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; FIG. 158; P. 446. USED AS A PENDANT ON A WOMAN'S BELT. WORM-LIKE BODY ENCIRCLED BY INCISED RINGS, ALTERNATELY COLORED RED AND BLACK. SEMI-HUMAN FACE ON FRONT OF BODY, WITH TWO FOUR-FINGERED HANDS BELOW. TAPERS AT TAIL, WITH PERFORATED HOLE. "REPRESENTS THE MAN-WORM WHICH APPEARS IN NUMEROUS TAILS" (NELSON, 1896, P. 447). INVENTORIED 1975. INVENTORIED 1979. LOANED TO ALASKA STATE MUSEUM 3-31-83. LOAN RETURNED 09 23 87."
label: Notes
content: Illustrated p. 296 (object on left) in Fitzhugh, William W., Susan A. Kaplan, and Henry B. Collins. 1982. Inua: spirit world of the Bering Sea Eskimo. Washington, D.C.: Published for the National Museum of Natural History by the Smithsonian Institution Press.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Feb 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cape Vancouver, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 80A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E43550-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 4 cm