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Human hair

Object Details

Collection History
Collected by anthropologist, naturalist, and author George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938) at an unknown date; donated to MAI by George Bird Grinnell in 1922.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
Collector
Dr. George Bird Grinnell, Non-Indian, 1849-1938
Previous owner
Dr. George Bird Grinnell, Non-Indian, 1849-1938
Donor
Dr. George Bird Grinnell, Non-Indian, 1849-1938
Object Name
Human hair
Media/Materials
Human hair
Techniques
Unmodified
Object Type
Materials: Waste
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