Collector:

Rev. Peter Jones  Search this

Dr. Peter E. Jones  Search this

Donor Name:

Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this

Culture:

Chippewa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe), Mississauga  Search this

Object Type:

Medicine Object

Place:

Ontario, Canada, North America

Accession Date:

25 Aug 1898

Notes:

FROM CARD: "SNAKE-SKIN. SKIN OF BLACK SNAKE WITH HEAD PRESERVED INTACT, COILED AROUND THE FOLDED SKIN OF A WEASEL." LISTED AS "SNAKE SKIN GOD" IN PLATE OPPOSITE PAGE 145 IN HISTORY OF THE OJEBWAY INDIANS, BY REV. PETER JONES, LONDON, 1861. - STEVEN L. GRAFE 1997 SEE ACCESSION HISTORY AND PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. Circa 2007, a label is with the artifact identifying the snake as the black rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta.

Record Last Modified:

30 Jul 2020

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

033939

USNM Number:

E178383-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37f362f08-3bcc-4f21-8de7-8986b2d9de9a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8352598