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Collector:
E. G. Johnson  Search this
Donor Name:
Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this
Culture:
Hupa  Search this
Object Type:
Headband
Place:
Hoopa, Hoopa Valley Reservation / Humboldt County, California, United States, North America
Accession Date:
22 Aug 1944
Notes:
From card: "Made of mink skin split along belly and two edges cut into fringes; to nose is fastened a braid made of porcupine quills, fern, and hazel root woven with "hitel" thread, yellow colored. Obtained from Shoemaker Robinson [sic] who said it was only one he had ever seen."
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:
28 Apr 2019
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
168260
USNM Number:
E383441-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a8db970d-fb07-4789-b005-a64358f05daa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8418749