Hair wrapper

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Culture/People: Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
Previous owner: Ci' ki' ne'b ko kwe', 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 Ci'-ki'-ne'b-ko-kwe' (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]; Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 2/7541
Barcode: 027541.000

Object Type: Adornment/Jewelry
Indigenous Term: ni' tu'p pe'n a wan

Object Name: Hair wrapper
Media/Materials: Wool cloth, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, silk ribbon
Techniques: Sewn, loom beadwork

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws630020762-4df8-4d34-b7e2-ce1a1f1ccfbf

Record ID: NMAI_28961