Hair comb

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Date created: 1870-1900

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; Dick Harrison, Oklahoma Shawnee
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 Chief Joe Billy (Pem Mep To, 1835-1917, traditional leader of the Big Jim Band of Absentee Shawnee) and Dick Harrison (Oklahoma Shawnee) 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: Oklahoma Shawnee; Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 2/6579
Barcode: 026579.000

Object Type: Adornment/Jewelry
Indigenous Term: the 'kwa

Object Name: Hair comb
Media/Materials: Silver
Techniques: Hammered, cut, stamped, riveted

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67ba75478-7056-47d5-98c6-1d8191fe0965

Record ID: NMAI_28225