Gambling bowl

Culture/People
Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
Previous owner
Po ta, 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 Po-ta (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]
Games, Toys, Gambling
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
2/7581
Barcode
027581.000
Object Type
Games, Toys, Gambling
Indigenous Term
mte'g na na gan
Object Name
Gambling bowl
Media/Materials
Wood
Techniques
Carved
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws66b09e0e3-0fe4-458a-9f80-14046927cf83
Record ID
NMAI_29281