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Culture/People:
Diné (Navajo)  Search this
Previous owner:
Hostine Kli, Diné (Navajo)  Search this
B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933  Search this
Purchase agent:
Ales Hrdlicka, Non-Indian, 1869-1943  Search this
Expedition:
Hyde Exploring Expedition (1896-1899)  Search this
Expedition leader:
George Hubbard Pepper (GHP), Non-Indian, 1873-1924  Search this
Richard Wetherill, Non-Indian, 1858-1910  Search this
Expedition sponsor:
B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933  Search this
Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (Frederick Erastus Hyde Jr.), Non-Indian, 1874-1944  Search this
Seller:
B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933  Search this
Presenter/funding source:
Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935  Search this
Object Name:
Shaman's charm/amulet (Image withheld)
Media/Materials:
Sandstone
Techniques:
Incised
Object Type:
Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
Place:
New Mexico; USA
Collection History:
Collected by an unnamed individual and purchased by anthropologist Ales Hrdlicka (1869-1943) circa 1899 for the Hyde Exploring Expedition, led by George Hubbard Pepper (1873-1924) and Richard Wetherill (1858-1910) and sponsored by B. Talbot B. Hyde (1872-1933) and his brother Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (1874-1944); donated to the American Museum of Natural History (New York City) by the Hyde brothers in 1899; withdrawn from the AMNH collection by B. Talbot B. Hyde in August 1909 and lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in conjunction with the George Heye collection there; purchased by George Heye from B. Talbot B. Hyde in February 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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Catalog Number:
5/1788
Barcode:
051788.000
See related items:
Diné (Navajo)
Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67bfebbd6-d609-4be3-a5f8-8939ac294677
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_55846