Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1928 by anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950); purchased by MAI from Frank Speck in 1928.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (Maniwaki Algonquin) [River Desert]
- Seller
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Collector
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Date created
- 1927-1928
- Object Name
- Game call
- Media/Materials
- Birchbark, basswood bark
- Techniques
- Rolled, wrapped, tied
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
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