Feather case/box (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- 1850-1900
- Culture/People
- Meskwaki (Fox)
- Previous owner
- Na-na-kwi, Meskwaki (Fox)
- 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 Na-na-kwi (Meskwaki) 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
- Iowa; USA
- See related items
- Meskwaki (Fox)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 2/7865
- Barcode
- 027865.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Indigenous Term
- mi' gu'n i' mu' ka kwi'
- Object Name
- Feather case/box (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood, pewter, iron/steel head
- Techniques
- Carved
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_29685