Object Details
- Donor Name
- Mr. Robert Kennicott
- FROM CARD: "HEAD-DRESS: BAND OF RED FLANNEL, ONE INCH BROAD, BOUND WITH BLUE CLOTH, AND EDGED WITH WHITE BEADS, TO WHICH BAND ARE SECURED, THROUGH HOLES IN ROOTS, SEVEN CLAWS OF GRIZZLY BEAR, URSUS HORRIBILIS. WORN BY SLAVE INDIANS, HUDSON BAY TERRITORY. SAME SPECIMEN ENTERED AS CATALOG NO. 539. LOAN GLENBOW NOV 13 1987. LOAN RETURNED NOV 25 1988. ILLUS.: THE SPIRIT SINGS. CATALOGUE, GLENBOW-ALBERTA INST., 1987, #S38, P.100."
- Provenience note: catalogue card mistranscribes locality as Fort Laird. Correct spelling is Fort Liard.
- This object was on display in the National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Objects of Wonder", 2017 - 2024.
- Record Last Modified
- 10 Jan 2025
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Slavey (Slave, Dene)
- Accession Date
- 29 Dec 1866
- Accession Number
- 66A00102
- USNM Number
- E2040-0
- Object Type
- Headdress
- Place
- Fort Liard, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8356311
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c460f1c4-5e5f-4b62-bc89-8a9a01412eb6
