Boy's Pop-Gun
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Feb 1869
label: Collection Date
content: 1867 to 1868
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. U S Army Charles C. Gray
label: Collector
content: Dr. Washington Matthews
label: Donor Name
content: Army Medical Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MADE OF A PIECE OF HARD WOOD 12 1/2" LONG, 1" DIAMETER AT ONE END, VERY SLIGHTLY SLOPING TOWARDS THE OTHER END. ORNAMENTED BY GEOMETRICAL FIGURES BURNT IN THE WOOD. THE HOLE IS LESS THAN 1/4" IN DIAMETER. ILLUS. IN BAE 24TH AR, FIG. 1025, P. 758 (ARIKARA OF FORT BERTHOLD, NO. DAKOTA)."
label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE NOTE: PROVENIENCE IS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN, BUT IS LIKELY IN THE AREA OF FORT STEVENSON/FORT BERTHOLD, AS THE LEDGER LISTS CULTURE AS ARIKARA AND THE TWO COLLECTORS, DRS. GRAY AND MATTHEWS, WERE POSTED TO THIS AREA IN THE LATE 1860'S. THE TWO FORTS WERE ONLY A FEW MILES APART. DR. MATTHEWS WAS POSTED FROM 1865-7 FORT UNION AND FORT BERTHOLD, DAKOTA TERR.. COLLECTOR DR. GRAY WAS POSTED 1866-7 FORT RANDALL, DAKOTA TERRITORY; 1867 ALSO FORT BUFORD, DAKOTA TERRITORY; 1867-1868 FORT STEVENSON, DAKOTA TERRITORY.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Nov 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fort Berthold (not certain) / Fort Stevenson (not certain), Mclean County (not certain), Dakota Territory (not certain) / North Dakota (not certain), United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Arikara (Sahnish)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416140
label: USNM Number
content: E8424-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Popgun
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 31.8 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 3 cm