Medicine bag for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
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- Culture/People
- Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- Previous owner
- Pamnuknuk (Pam nu'k i' nu'k/Pam-nu'k-nu'k), Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- Collector
- Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Collection History
- Collected from Pamnuknuk (Prairie Band Potawatomi) in 1910 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member), assisted by Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Place
- Kansas; USA
- See related items
- Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 2/8433
- Barcode
- 028433.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Indigenous Term
- me' da" we' yan
- Object Name
- Medicine bag for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Otter skin/fur, porcupine quills
- Techniques
- Quill embroidered
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_30240