Bandolier/shoulder sash and bag for peyote

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Date created: circa 1900

Culture/People: Niuam (Comanche)
Previous owner: Chief Mam-sook-a-wat (Mamsookewat/Mumsookawa/Mum-Shu-Kawa/Mam-Sook-A-Wat/Mom-suk-awa), Niuam (Comanche), 1836-1938
Collector: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971

Collection History: Collected from Chief Mam-sook-a-wat (Niuam) in 1909 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Place: Oklahoma; USA

See related items: Niuam (Comanche); Ceremonial/Ritual items
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Plains & Plateau

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 2/1828
Barcode: 021828.000

Object Type: Ceremonial/Ritual items
Indigenous Term: wu' na ko'

Object Name: Bandolier/shoulder sash and bag for peyote
Media/Materials: Wool cloth, hide, glass bead/beads, thread
Techniques: Sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, overlay beadwork, edge beaded, fringed
Dimensions: 80 x 15 x 3.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62afb10ff-8a5a-47c0-88b3-156405bd751c

Record ID: NMAI_23183