Rawhide Game Disc
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William C. Sturtevant
notes: label: Notes
content: Notes from Sturtevant's personal catalog: "Rawhide disc with serrated edge, 4 3/4" diam., fastened with leather thong to bird bone 5 3/4" long. Disc labeled in pencil "Chippewa Indians game 2.25;" buzz-toy? (No such in Mason's "Games…" from Chippewa or neighbors). Chippewa? [Note applicable to E437,631-E437,785: 477-482 purchased Nov. 1958 for $4.50 from S. Kriger, Inc. 712 12th St. N.W. Washington, D.C. (dealer in oriental goods, especially Chinese porcelains and bronzes) - no data (479-482 in one lot in shop; 2 baskets each stored separately). ]"
label: Notes
content: "Buzz toy" is a term sometimes used for toy bull roarers, which this might possibly be?
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Mar 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: United States (not certain) / Canada (not certain), North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chippewa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2049174
label: USNM Number
content: E437784-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Toy