Mortar

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Culture/People: Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
Previous owner: Un go na"s (Un go wa"s), Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
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 Un-go-na"s (Prairie Band Potawatomi) 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: Kansas; USA

See related items: Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]; Food Gathering and Preparation

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 2/7514
Barcode: 027514.000

Object Type: Food Gathering and Preparation
Indigenous Term: po ta gan

Object Name: Mortar
Media/Materials: Wood
Techniques: Carved
Dimensions: 55 x 25 x 23.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a4cacb9c-d6e0-45d3-87d2-e55307d6ce0b

Record ID: NMAI_28921