Spoon/Ladle for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- circa 1870
- Culture/People
- Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)
- Previous owner
- Wa" ko li' (Wai-ko-li/Wakolee/Wa"koli'), Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)
- Collector
- Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923
- Hope M. Fulbright, Non-Indian, 1876-1949
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Collection History
- Collected from Wa" ko li' (Sac and Fox) in 1910 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member), assisted by Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923) and Hope M. Fulbright (1879-1949), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Place
- Oklahoma; USA
- See related items
- Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Woodlands
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 2/5717
- Barcode
- 025717.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Indigenous Term
- me' da" 'em 'e kwan
- Object Name
- Spoon/Ladle for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 43 x 22 x 12 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_27349