Object Details
- Collection History
- Items in this set were collected from several Prairie Band Potawatomi individuals (Ci' pa do wa', We'c pu' kwe', Un go na"s, Wa pak si' kwe', Inwa"k-to, Ka-ma-ta, Cu'p-ci'-wa-no, A-pi'-wa, Pa"k ti' nis, No-ce'-ku'm, Ki'p-ke't-kwe', and Wa wak su'm) in 1910 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member), assisted by Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923) and expedition interpreter Leo Walker (Sac and Fox), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- Previous owner
- Ci' pa do wa', Potawatomi/Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- Wa wak su'm (Wa nak su'm), Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- We'c pu' kwe', Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- Un go na"s (Un go wa"s), Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- Wa pak si' kwe', Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- Inwa"k to, Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- Ka ma ta, Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- Cu'p ci' wa no, Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- A pi' wa, Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- Pa"k ti' ni's, Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- No ce' ku'm, Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- Ki'p ke't kwe', Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- Collector
- Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923
- Leo Walker, Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Object Name
- Bag
- Media/Materials
- Wool yarn, ribbon
- Techniques
- Twined
- Object Type
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
- Indigenous Term
- mi'c ka mu't
