Neck Ornament
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Jun 1901
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Paul B. Carter
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Georgia O. Carr
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Part of a sun-dance costume worn on neck by monk, Chief Chav-a-nan's son. It is a shield of rawhide painted and covered with beadwork."
label: Notes
content: Note: "Chief Chav-a-nan" is probably the Ute man called Chavanaux/Chavaneaux/Shavanaugh or Shavano, and Monk is presumably the man called Monk Shavano. Monk Shavano is listed as among the Indian employees at the Ouray Agency in Utah in 1900; he is listed as a Policeman (see https://chipeta.wordpress.com/tag/employees-ouray-agency/ , retrieved 31 January 2024).
label: Notes
content: There is a similar rawhide disc in the collection of the Field Museum (#61,013), listed as a Ute toy or model shield (see VanStone 1997).
label: Notes
content: From attached tag: This is an ornament "Monk" (Chief Chava-naux's son) wore around his neck in the Sun dance.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jan 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Uintah/Ouray Reservation (not certain), Utah, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ute (Nuche), Northern
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 038163
label: USNM Number
content: E211050A-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace