Crown Of Bear's Claws Item Number: E20639-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "FOR MEDICINE MAN." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "HEAD-DRESS.---FLAT BAND OF THICK LEATHER, ON WHICH ARE SEWED IN ERECT POSITION, TIPS INWARD, THIRTY-SEVEN CLAWS OF BLACK OR GRIZZLY BEAR. FT. SIMPSON. CIRCUMFERENCE, 21 INS. HEIGHT, 3 1/2 INS. BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1875. 20,639. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."
Item History
- Made in Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by James G. Swan in Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Crown Of Bear's Claws
- Identification Number
- E20639-0
- Type of Item
- headdress
Who
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004686