Childs Shawl Or Apron For Dancing

Item number E20814-0 from the National Museum of Natural History.

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FROM CARD: "1 PIECE OF MONEY FROM TO PUTNAM 5/88. IN 1991 ONLY TWO COPPER PLAQUE ORNAMENTS WITH THIS NUMBER WERE FOUND, APRON ITSELF WAS MISSING. HOWEVER, A SMALL BLUE CLOTH APRON WITH COPPER PLAQUE ORNAMENTS WAS IN STORAGE AND HAD LOST ITS CATALOGUE NUMBER. IT HAS AN INCORRECT NUMBER OF 6934 SEWN ON, A TAG INDICATING IT WAS TREATED WITH ARSENIC IN 1884, AND HAD BEEN GIVEN T#20255. AFTER CONSULTATION WITH DR. WILLIAM STURTEVANT IT WAS DECIDED TO GIVE THE APRON #20814 BECAUSE: 1. APRON MATCHES BRIEF DESCRIPTION ON CARD OF 20814. 2. APRON WAS MISSING SOME COPPER ORNAMENTS AND THE ONES IT DID RETAIN CLOSELY RESEMBLE THE TWO NUMBERED 20814. 3. THIS TYPE OF ARTIFACT IS FAIRLY UNIQUE AND A SEARCH OF MUSEUM RECORDS REVEALED NO OTHER PRE-1885 PIECES OF THIS TYPE CATALOGUED IN OUR COLLECTIONS. -F. PICKERING 1-24-1991."Provenience note: Ledger book lists this as "Nimpkish Ind., Alert Bay, Alaska." The "Alaska" locality appears to be a cataloguing error, as Alert Bay is in British Columbia, not Alaska, and there is material included in this accession from both Alaska and B.C..