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Donor Name:
John Varden  Search this
Culture:
Karankawa  Search this
Object Type:
Club
Place:
Not Given, Texas, United States, North America
Accession Date:
1 Jan 1867
Notes:
FROM CARD: "OF IRONWOOD. HEAD IS NATURAL BURL, HANDLE A BRANCH PROJECTING FROM IT. ILLUS.: HNDBK. OF N. AMER. INDIANS, VOL. 10, SOUTHWEST, FIG. 3, PG. 364." ORIGINAL CATALOG OF JOHN VARDEN'S WASHINGTON MUSEUM (IN SMITHSONIAN ARCHIVES) INDICATES THAT ON NOVEMBER, 1838, WHILE HE WAS IN NEW ORLEANS, JOHN VARDEN COLLECTED "WAR CLUB OF THE CRANK-A-WAR INDIANS OF TEXAS", FROM GEORGE W. CHAMBERS."
Ball head club.
Record Last Modified:
27 Feb 2021
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
68A00002
USNM Number:
E5458-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e9ce0193-0cbc-49a0-84ba-60bb8c37a589
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8468576