Calendar stick

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Culture/People: Winnebago [Nebraska]
Collector: Paul Logan, Winnebago [Nebraska]
Previous owner: Paul Logan, Winnebago [Nebraska]; David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973; Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-

Collection History: Said to have been collected by Paul Logan in 1895 from an unnamed Winnebago man who said it had belonged to his mother; formerly in the collection of Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973); acquired by MAI in 1968 through an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by the Rockefeller family), which purchased Vernon's entire collection in 1965.
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Place: Thurston, Winnebago Reservation; Thurston County; Nebraska; USA

See related items: Winnebago [Nebraska]; Indigenous Knowledge and Records

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 24/1737
Barcode: 241737.000

Object Type: Indigenous Knowledge and Records

Object Name: Calendar stick
Media/Materials: Wood
Techniques: Incised, punctate
Dimensions: 52.5 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws603557118-4b6f-4202-bcce-32e853f82e13

Record ID: NMAI_257398