Object Details
- Collection History
- Items in this set were collected from several Prairie Band Potawatomi individuals (Wu'-ko-kwa"-wa", Ci' pa do wa', Ka ma ta, Jo i' ta o, Pa"k-ti'-ni's, and We'c pu' kwe') 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]
- We'c pu' kwe', Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- Ka ma ta, Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- Jo i' ta o, Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- Pa"k ti' ni's, Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- Wu' ko kwa" wa", 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
- Basswood bark, cordage
- Techniques
- Twined
- Object Type
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
- Indigenous Term
- no mi' a gan
