Bowl used for food and for playing dice games

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Date created: circa 1880

Culture/People: Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)
Previous owner: Mary French, Chippewa/Ojibwa
Collector: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Seller: Covert & Harrington, Commercial Ethnologists

Collection History: Collected from Mary French (Anishinaabe) in 1907 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member); purchased by George Heye, presumably from Harrington's firm, Covert & Harrington, Commercial Ethnologists (New York City), in 1907.
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Place: Munsee-Delaware Reserve (Muncey Reserve, Muncey Town, Munceytown); Middlesex County; Ontario; Canada

See related items: Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa); Food/Beverage Serving

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1/4605
Barcode: 014605.000

Object Type: Food/Beverage Serving
Indigenous Term: ugwa nagun

Object Name: Bowl used for food and for playing dice games
Media/Materials: Wood
Techniques: Carved
Dimensions: 6.5 x 8 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws645676412-c53b-481e-8729-4feba458f1a6

Record ID: NMAI_15702