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Donor Name:
Roderick R. MacFarlane  Search this
Culture:
Eskimo, Inuit, Inuvialuk (Inuvialuit)  Search this
Object Type:
Line
Place:
Fort Anderson, Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
Accession Date:
7 Jan 1869
Notes:
FROM CARD: "USED IN DRESSING THE HAIR A LA CHIGNON. HEAD-DRESS: BUNCHES OR "SWITCHES" OF ANIMAL FIBER USED IN DRESSING THE HAIR. WORN BY ESKIMO WOMEN, FORT ANDERSON, MACKENZIE RIVER."
Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/16 , retrieved 2-11-2020: Sinew for dressing hair. This is a bundle of sinew that has a tag identifying it as being used 'in dressing the hair a la chignon' (in a topknot).
Record Last Modified:
21 Apr 2020
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
69A00012
USNM Number:
E7780-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b4e20a32-e4d7-404f-9ce7-e69adf295ab2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8480290