Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from Ko-si' (Prairie Band Potawatomi) 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
- Ko si', 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
- Garters/Legbands
- Media/Materials
- Glass bead/beads, wool yarn
- Techniques
- Edge beaded, loom beadwork
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Accessories
- Indigenous Term
- ka ka ta"b tho nu'k
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