Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1928 by anthropologist Frederick Johnson (1904-1994) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Potawatomi [Parry Island, Ontario]
- Collector
- Frederick Johnson (Fred Johnson/Frederick M. Johnson), Non-Indian, 1904-1994
- Date created
- 1850-1900
- Object Name
- Rattle for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood, deer hoof/hooves, paint, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Carved, tied, painted
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Indigenous Term
- pugamágðn
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