Culture/People:

Eastern Shawnee [Quapaw Agency, Oklahoma]  Search this

Previous owner:

Nancy Dushane (Welabise'), Oklahoma Shawnee  Search this

Collector:

Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971  Search this

Object Name:

Needle

Media/Materials:

Metal needle

Techniques:

Hammered

Object Type:

Sewing Tools and Equipment

Native Term:

me tsi gun e go wa s'i

Place:

Quapaw Agency; Ottawa County; Oklahoma; USA

Collection History:

Collected from Nancy Dushane (Oklahoma Shawnee) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.

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Catalog Number:

1/9872

Barcode:

019872.000

See related items:

Eastern Shawnee [Quapaw Agency, Oklahoma]

Sewing Tools and Equipment

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d41f6492-4689-4a92-a540-46da2871b7bb

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_20795