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Catalog Data

Collector:
Mr. James Mooney  Search this
Donor Name:
Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this
Culture:
Kiowa  Search this
Object Type:
Knife Sheath
Place:
Not Given, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America
Accession Date:
8 Oct 1892
Notes:
[Describing all parts in E165266-0 through -1:] Belt and knife case. Case: Commercial leather heavily ornamented with brass studs and slit for belt, curved at lower end. 14" (36 cm) (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.) Original cataloguing described this as a knife and knife case, but the knife is missing.
Record Last Modified:
17 Nov 2020
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
026286
USNM Number:
E165266-1
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38825de1d-d18f-4638-84fa-2966023c3ba2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8345876