Donor Name:

Major John W. Powell  Search this

Length - Object:

38 cm

Culture:

Ute (Nuche) (?)  Search this

Shoshone, Northern, Goose Creek (?)  Search this

Object Type:

Shirt

Place:

Not Given, Utah, United States, North America

Accession Date:

5 Dec 1875

Notes:

FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED 1975. OLD LABEL: "MADE OF BEAVER SKIN; SHORT WAISTED AND FRINGED AT THE BOTTOM, ALSO AT END OF SLEEVES; TWO TRIANGULAR FLAPS ABOUT THE NECK." ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 11, GREAT BASIN, FIG. 8 G, PG. 299. 19834 LOANED TO SIL 11/17/80. RETURNED 5/4/81." Handbook caption identifies as: "Boy's tunic of beaver skin, tanned with fur on."

Listed as Boy's tunic and illustrated (Figure 35a) in Fowler and Matley (1979)

Shoshone culture attribution per Fowler and Matley (1979)

Record Last Modified:

12 May 2023

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

75A00070

USNM Number:

E19834-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38c0b669a-ba22-46df-b0dc-0bbeaf4d1075

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8354365