Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by ethnologist and ethnomusicologist Frances Densmore (1867-1957), probably in 1917; purchased by MAI from Frances Densmore in 1917.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Minnesota Chippewa [White Earth, Minnesota]
- Collector
- Frances T. Densmore, Non-Indian, 1867-1957
- Seller
- Frances T. Densmore, Non-Indian, 1867-1957
- Object Name
- Mat needle
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved, perforated
- Object Type
- Basketmaking and fiber-working tools
