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    Object Details

    Donor Name

    Unknown

    Notes

    THIS ARTIFACT WAS ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS A SHIRT, HOWEVER IT IS ACTUALLY A YOUNG GIRL'S DRESS. - C. GREENE 6-30-1997
    Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists provenance of 29881 as Kansas or Salt Lake [perhaps they meant Kansas to Salt Lake?] Rocky Mountains. Ditto marks below seem to imply this provenance applies to 29881 through 29886. Collection was catalogued in 1876 with donor listed as unknown.

    Record Last Modified

    29 Aug 2023

    Specimen Count

    1

    Accession Date

    3 Nov 1876

    Accession Number

    76A00165

    USNM Number

    E29882-0

    Object Type

    Dress

    Place

    Rocky Mountains, United States, North America

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    Anthropology

    Data Source

    NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

    Topic

    Ethnology

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3066b2f32-ab95-48f6-b363-08bfc0264afc

    Record ID

    nmnhanthropology_8386607

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