Dance staff

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Culture/People: Oklahoma Shawnee
Previous owner: Chief Joe Billy (Pem Mep To/i'le'ni we ga wi'), Absentee Shawnee [Shawnee, Oklahoma-Pottawatomie County], 1835-1917
Collector: Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923; Leo Walker, Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox); Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971

Collection History: Collected from Chief Joe Billy (Pem Mep To, 1835-1917, traditional leader of the Big Jim Band of Absentee Shawnee) in 1910 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member), assisted by Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923) and expedition interpreter Leo Walker (Sac and Fox), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Place: Oklahoma; USA

See related items: Oklahoma Shawnee; Personal items

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 2/6542
Barcode: 026542.000

Object Type: Personal items
Indigenous Term: a pa t'owe

Object Name: Dance staff
Media/Materials: Wood
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws60d8fb7de-d1d4-446f-bfc8-6361365dc9e0

Record ID: NMAI_28185