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Culture/People
Chickasaw
Previous owner
Mrs. Johnson, Oklahoma Chickasaw
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
Object Name
Shaman's sucking tube (Image withheld)
Media/Materials
Wood
Techniques
Carved
Object Type
Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
Place
Oklahoma; USA
Collection History
Collected from Mrs. Johnson (Chickasaw) 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.