Coil Of Hair Rope Twisted
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1854
name: label: Donor Name
content: Lt. Amiel W. Whipple
notes: label: Notes
content: Described p. 421 in Bushnell, David I. "The Various Uses of Buffalo Hair by the North American Indians." American Anthropologist, New Series, 11, no. 3 (1909): 401-25. http://www.jstor.org/stable/659627. Identified as a buffalo hair rope or halter "... composed of six cords, each of two strands; it is thirteen feet in length, but quite thin."
label: Notes
content: This is presumably the object described in Part III, p. 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 . "A cord of human [sic] hair, over twelve feet long, 3/8 of an inch thick, and consisting of six double strands. The color is brownish black. It was obtained from the Pimas."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Apr 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Arizona / New Mexico, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Pima (Akimel O'odham; Akimel O'otham) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00080
label: USNM Number
content: E1442-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Line