Object Details
- Collector
- Dr. Edward Palmer
- Donor Name
- U. S. Dept. Of Agriculture
- From card: "Iron pieces made of strap metal used about charcoal fires by the people of the table lands. Apaches of Arizona use wooden one like this." Culture for this object is listed as Chichimicas or Apaches on the catalogue card. Tag on the artifact says Chichimeca or Aztec. Per H.N.A.I., Vol. 10, p. 387, Chichimeca is a problematic term which has been used by the Spanish as a generic label for the unsettled peoples of northern Mexico and the southwest.
- Record Last Modified
- 26 Feb 2021
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Apache (?)
- Chichimeca (?)
- Accession Date
- 24 Dec 1904
- Accession Number
- 043666
- USNM Number
- E233167-0
- Object Type
- Fire Tongs
- Place
- San Luis Potosi, Mexico, North America
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8367235
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3082fcd38-3c01-4225-b037-60a99577994e
