Object Details
- Collector
- Major John W. Powell
- Donor Name
- Major John W. Powell
- Turtle shell.
- "There are ten bowls made from the top shell of the desert tortoise (Testodo agassizii). All the bowls have been scraped to remove the inside structural formations (Figure 71a) ...The desert tortoise is found in the lower, warm Mohavian deserts of extreme southwestern Utah, southern Nevada, and southeastern California (Connolly and Eckert, 1969). Hence the specimens collected from the Kaibab Southern Paiute and from the Gosiute were probably obtained by them in trade from other groups. Provenience: Kaibab Southern Paiute, USNM 11907, 14471, 14472, 14473, 14474, 14475. Moapa Southern Paiute: USNM 14465; Deep Creek Gosiute: USNM 14477, 14478, 14481.USNM 14475 is illustrated by Hough (1922, pl. 9, fig. 3)." Fowler and Matley (1979) p. 76
- Culture attribution per Fowler and Matley (1979)
- Record Last Modified
- 23 Feb 2017
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Shoshone, Western, Deep Creek Gosiute (Goshute)
- Accession Date
- 1874
- Accession Number
- 74A00055
- USNM Number
- E14478-0
- Object Type
- Dish
- Place
- South, Utah, United States, North America
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8339533
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/376052766-6dd4-41a5-85a1-c18afb568b37
