Collector:

E. G. Johnson  Search this

Donor Name:

Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this

Culture:

Hupa  Search this

Object Type:

Ornament

Place:

Hoopa Indian School, 1 Mile From, Humboldt County / Hoopa Valley Reservation, California, United States, North America

Accession Date:

22 May 1929

Notes:

From card: "A bunch of yellow hammer feathers attached at the base of quills to a buckskin flap. This ceremonial object is fastened in the mouth of a stuffed deer used in the "deer skin" dance."

Accession record indicates this was collected from Robinson Shoemaker. Robinson Shoemaker was a Hupa consultant for Pliny Earle Goddard. See p. 265 of Goddard, Pliny Earle. 1903. Life and Culture of the Hupa. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, volume 1, number 1,

Record Last Modified:

24 Apr 2019

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

105865

USNM Number:

E342289-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/371c73609-44e1-443b-ac04-2b7d77e8b4a7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8402065