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- Culture/People
- Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- Previous owner
- Wa wak su'm (Wa nak su'm), 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 Wa wak su'm (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
- 2/7671
- Barcode
- 027671.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Indigenous Term
- tha ki' pe'n a nan
- Object Name
- Hair ornament (No image available)
- Media/Materials
- Cordage, ribbon, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Sewn
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_29373