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date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Aug 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1994
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. John C. Ewers
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. John C. Ewers
notes: label: Notes
content: SMOKE AND BRAIN TANNED DEER HIDE. HAND PAINTED IN RED, BLUE, AND YELLOW PIGMENTS AND WHITE SIZING. DESIGN BASED ON PLAINS INDIAN BOX AND BORDER DESIGN. HAS TANNING STRETCHING HOLES ALONG EDGES. SIGNED ON BACK "LEE SECREST 9449" WITH DRAWING OF SKULL WITH HORNS BETWEEN NAME AND NUMBER. ACCORDING TO ARTIST, PAINTED BORDER REPRESENTS THE EDGE OF THE ANIMAL, PERHAPS INCLUDING BLOOD FLOW, BREATH OR HEARTBEATS. THE BOX DESIGN REPRESENTS MEAT, BONE, AND SINEW. THE HIDE AND PAINT ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE HIDE PAINTING WAS CREATED JUST PRIOR TO PURCHASE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PARTICULARLY ON THE ARTIST, AND HIS TANNING AND PAINTING TECHNIQUE, SEE ACCESSION FILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Jan 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Polebridge, Montana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: American
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409957
label: USNM Number
content: E430192-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hide Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 119 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 118 cm