Object Details
- Donor Name
- Mr. Robert Kennicott
- 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
- 1
- 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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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8483914
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/398ded000-bf4c-43a7-bc0b-5850f69561ca
