Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from Ta-no-kwa (a Meskwaki woman) in 1910 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member), assisted by Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Meskwaki (Fox)
- Previous owner
- Ta no kwa, Meskwaki (Fox)
- Collector
- Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Object Name
- Drum and drumstick used during war bundle ceremonies (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Hide, wood, sinew, metal tacks/bosses
- Techniques
- Carved, wrapped
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Indigenous Term
- ki' wu' ka no ta wa" hi' gu'n
