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Menstrual Veil
| Object Number: | 70-9-496 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Naskapi Barren Ground Band |
| Provenience: | Canada Labrador |
| Culture Area: | Subarctic (Culture Area) |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Hide Paint |
| Length: | 80 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
| Other Number: | NA1803 - Collector Number |
Description
Hide, fringed, and painted with red, blue, and white pigment. Ties are sewn on at either end. Note on tag accompanying object, perhaps typed by Pennypacker: "New style Menstruation vale [sic]. The vale is not worn after its first use. Worn during her first period. Collected by F.G. Speck 1933..."
Bibliography:
| [Other] Wm. D. Morley, Inc. Inventory and Appraisement - Personal Property - The Estate of Samuel W. Pennypacker, 2nd, Dec'd. - Haldeman Road Schwenksville, RD 1 Penna. October 15, 1968.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 26 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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