Brass Bracelet
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1854
name: label: Donor Name
content: Lt. Amiel W. Whipple
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "FOUND AS PEACE OFFERING ON A COMANCHE MOUND. BRASS BAND, 5/16 INCH BROAD, BENT IN CIRCLE AND RUDELY ORNAMENTED. RECEIVED AS A PIECE-OFFERING FROM COMANCHE INDIANS. DIAMETER, 2 INCHES."
label: Notes
content: See Part III, pp. 52 -53, in United States. War Department, et al. Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean v.3 (1856). doi: 10.5479/sil.400661.39088020039939 One of the objects they collection is described as "A peace-offering of the Comanches, left on a mound at one of their deserted encampments, consisting of a few small strings of colored beads, and a bracelet of soft brass. Having no elasticity, the ring was easily opened to pass over the wrist, and the ends as readily pressed together to keep it in its place."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Apr 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Comanche (Numunuu)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00080
label: USNM Number
content: E1805-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bracelet
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 0.7938 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 5 cm