Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1916; purchased by MAI from W.O. Oldman in 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Mi'kmaq (Micmac) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Seller
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Object Name
- Net shuttle
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Weaving tools/equipment
