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Donor Name:
Dr. Franklin B. Hough  Search this
Culture:
Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), Mohawk (Kanienʼkehá꞉ka)  Search this
Object Type:
Knife Sheath
Place:
Oka, Quebec, Canada, North America
Accession Date:
1875
Notes:
FROM CARD: "ORNAMENTED, PORCUPINE QUILLS ETC."
Main body of knife sheath appears to be made from a snapping turtle tail.
Discussed on p. 273 of Feest, Christian. 2002. Quilled Knife Cases from Northeastern North America. In Anthropology, History, and American Indians: Essays in Honor of William Curtis Sturtevant, edited by William L. Merrill and Ives Goddard, pp. 263 – 278. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology 44. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office. It is noted there as an asymmetrical knife sheath of reptile skin with a quilled buckskin cuff and quill-wrapped leather fringes along the curved edge of the case.
Record Last Modified:
22 Jul 2019
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
004245
USNM Number:
E18814-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d3c10aa6-d049-4541-9431-4743c00622b5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8353557