Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by Harry Mann (Forest County Potawatomi, 1893-1961); collected from him 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 [Forest County, Wisconsin]
- Previous owner
- Harry Mann, Potawatomi [Forest County, Wisconsin], 1893-1961
- Collector
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Previous owner
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
- Object Name
- Spoon/Ladle
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Food/Beverage Serving
