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Sash/Belt

Object Details

Collection History
Collection history unknown; purchased in 1910 from an unnamed pawn shop in Shawnee, Oklahoma, 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
probably Potawatomi (attributed); collected from the Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)
MAI agent
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Object Name
Sash/Belt
Media/Materials
Hide, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche
Techniques
Loom beadwork
Object Type
Clothing/Garments: Accessories
Indigenous Term
k' tci' bi'
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