Chief Joe Billy (Pem Mep To/i'le'ni we ga wi'), Absentee Shawnee [Shawnee, Oklahoma-Pottawatomie County], 1835-1917 Search this
Collector:
Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923 Search this
Hope M. Fulbright, Non-Indian, 1876-1949 Search this
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971 Search this
Object Name:
Man's shirt
Media/Materials:
Cotton cloth, ribbon, glass bead/beads
Techniques:
Sewn, overlay beadwork
Object Type:
Clothing/Garments
Native Term:
pi' te' ni ga'
Place:
Oklahoma; USA
Collection History:
Collected from Chief Joe Billy (Pem Mep To, 1835-1917, traditional leader of the Big Jim Band of Absentee Shawnee) in 1910 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member), assisted by Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923) and Hope M. Fulbright (1879-1949), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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