Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by Mrs. Wayke (Mrs. Wayake, Menominee); collected from her by Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973) at an unknown date; acquired by MAI in 1968 through an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by the Rockefeller family), which purchased Vernon's entire collection in 1965.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Potawatomi
- Previous owner
- Mrs. Wayke (Mrs. Wayake), Menominee (Menomini)
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
- Collector
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Object Name
- Medicine bag for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Snakeskin
- Techniques
- Sewn
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
