Hairpin Item Number: E8758-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "SMALL STICK, SURMOUNTING BY RED-BIRD TUFT AND ANNULAR SECTIONS OF SHELL, DENTALIUM INDIANORUM."Donor/collector information is in question. Catalogue card has conflicting information, listing donor as either Army Medical Museum or Wilkes Ex. Expd. (the U.S. Exploring Expedition) 1841. The Anthropology ledger books identify the object as from the U.S. Exploring Expedition, and do not mention the Army Medical Museum. However, Jane Walsh has not identified a Peale number for this object and does not consider this object to be part of the U.S. Exploring Expedition collections.
Item History
- Made
- Collected by United States Exploring Expedition and Army Medical Museum during 1841
- Received during 1858
What
- Name
- Hairpin
- Identification Number
- E8758-0
- Type of Item
- hair pin
Who
- Culture
- Nisqually ?
- Field Collector
- United States Exploring Expedition and Army Medical Museum
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- “United States: Washington (not certain) / Oregon (not certain): Columbia River” ?
- Collected in
- “United States: Washington (not certain) / Oregon (not certain): Columbia River” ?
When
- Collection Date
- during 1841
- Acquisition Date
- during 1858
Other
- Accession Number
- 66A00050