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date: label: Accession Date
content: 1874
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1889; PL. 90, FIG. 4; P. 589. NOT LOCATED 8/1978." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "GRAINING TOOL.--MADE OF IRON. AN OLD FASHIONED WAGON SKEIN, USED ON WOODEN AXLES BEFORE IRON AXLES WERE INVENTED. THE UPPER OR INNER PORTION SHOWING THE HOLES FOR THE RIVETS. ITS EDGE IS SERRATED FOR GRAINING THE HIDE. THE BUCKSKIN THONG IS WRAPPED AROUND THE FOREARM AND SERVES AS A BRACE TO HOLD THE TOOL RIGID. THE SHAFT IS COVERD WITH BUCKSKIN TO PROTECT THE HAND. LENGTH, NOT INCLUDING THONG, 14 INCHES. SIOUX INDIANS OF DAKOTA. 14,196. COLLECTED BY EDWARD PALMER."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Feb 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Dakota Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 74A00063
label: USNM Number
content: E14196-0
objectType: label: Object Type
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physicalDescription: label: Length - Not Including Thong,
content: 36 cm