Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by Meshkosikwe Buckshot (wife of Chief Michele Buckshot, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg); given to anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950) by Mrs. Buckshot, probably between 1926 and 1929; donated to MAI by Frank Speck in 1929.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (Maniwaki Algonquin) [River Desert]
- Previous owner
- Meshkosikwe Buckshot (Beaver Meadow Woman/Mrs. Michele Buckshot/Angelique Buckshot/Mackosi’kwe), Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (Maniwaki Algonquin) [River Desert]
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Donor
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Date created
- circa 1910
- Object Name
- Awl
- Media/Materials
- Bear bone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Basketmaking and fiber-working tools
