Wampum string (No image available)
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- Culture/People
- Eastern Shawnee [Quapaw Agency, Oklahoma]
- Previous owner
- Carrie Bluejacket, Oklahoma Shawnee
- Collector
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Collection History
- Collected from Carrie Bluejacket (Oklahoma Shawnee) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Place
- Quapaw Agency; Ottawa County; Oklahoma; USA
- See related items
- Eastern Shawnee [Quapaw Agency, Oklahoma]
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 1/9875
- Barcode
- 019875.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Native Term
- bet swa gi
- Object Name
- Wampum string (No image available)
- Media/Materials
- Shell beads, cordage
- Techniques
- Strung
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_20798