Moccasins

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Date created: circa 1870

Culture/People: Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
Previous owner: Wu' ko kwa" wa", 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 Wu'-ko-kwa"-wa" (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]; Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 2/7614
Barcode: 027614.000

Object Type: Clothing/Garments: Footwear
Indigenous Term: ma kis a nun

Object Name: Moccasins
Media/Materials: Hide, glass bead/beads
Techniques: Sewn, overlay beadwork
Dimensions: 27.3 x 10.5 x 9 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67b7db0b6-33b5-4104-91ae-a409dd055d03

Record ID: NMAI_29315