Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by anthropologist A. Irving Hallowell (1892-1974) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from A.I. Hallowell in 1936.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Saulteaux [Berens River, Manitoba]
- Collector
- A. Irving Hallowell (Alfred Irving ["Pete"] Hallowell/A.I. Hallowell), Non-Indian, 1892-1974
- Seller
- A. Irving Hallowell (Alfred Irving ["Pete"] Hallowell/A.I. Hallowell), Non-Indian, 1892-1974
- Object Name
- Shell for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells, birchbark
- Techniques
- Unmodified
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
