Hair comb

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Date created: 1870-1900

Culture/People: Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
Previous owner: Chief Ma ci' no, Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]; Inwa"k to, Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]; Sa wi'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 three Prairie Band Potawatomi individuals (Chief Ma-ci'-no, Inwa"k-to and Sa-w'is) 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: 2/7796
Barcode: 027796.000

Object Type: Adornment/Jewelry
Indigenous Term: co ne' a'n nas kwa" wan

Object Name: Hair comb
Media/Materials: Silver
Techniques: Hammered, cut, stamped, perforated

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6bbcfca45-8251-4eb8-8ae9-6d031c243624

Record ID: NMAI_29610