Object Details
- Collection History
- Items in this set were collected from several Meskwaki individuals (A-nu'-tha-ha"kw', Pe'-mi'-ka-wi'-kw, Ne'-ka-pa", and Janie) in 1910 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
- Meskwaki (Fox)
- Previous owner
- A-nu'-tha-ha"kw', Meskwaki (Fox) [Tama, Iowa]
- Pe'-mi'-ka-wi'-kw, Meskwaki (Fox) [Tama, Iowa]
- Janie (unknown surname), Meskwaki (Fox)
- Ne'-ka-pa", Meskwaki (Fox)
- Collector
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Object Name
- Spoon
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Food/Beverage Serving
- Indigenous Term
- me te gwi' em e kwan'
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