Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from John Wagashe (Osage) in 1909 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Osage
- Previous owner
- John Wagashe (We'-ga-ce), Osage
- Collector
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Object Name
- Parfleche bag
- Media/Materials
- Hide, paint
- Techniques
- Painted
- Dimensions
- 2.8 x 40 x 10 cm
- Object Type
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
- Indigenous Term
- wa' sas ka
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