Wolverine-Tail

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Object Details

Donor Name

Mr. Robert Kennicott

Notes

FROM CARD: "NOTES FROM CATALOG BOOK: "THE SKIN OF THE WOLVERINE IS VERY MUCH VALUED BY THE ESKIMO. IT'S HEAD IS WORN AS A SORT OF CAP. WORN AS AN ORNAMENT ON THE BACK-ATTACHED TO THE BELT OR TO THE SKIRT."

From old tag for artifact, now filed in Anthropology Collections Lab accession file: "Tail of wolverine worn as an ornament on the back - attached to shirt or belt - by Eskimos of mouth of Mackenzie River."

Record Last Modified

2 Apr 2020

Specimen Count

Culture

Eskimo

Accession Date

1863

Accession Number

000177

USNM Number

E866-0

Object Type

Zoological

Place

Mackenzie River (mouth), Northwest Territories, Canada, North America

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Data Source

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/398ded000-bf4c-43a7-bc0b-5850f69561ca

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8483914