Culture/People:

Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]  Search this

Previous owner:

Wu' ko kwa" wa", Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]  Search this

Collector:

Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923  Search this

Leo Walker, Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)  Search this

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

Object Name:

Moccasins

Media/Materials:

Hide, glass bead/beads

Techniques:

Sewn, overlay beadwork

Dimensions:

27.3 x 10.5 x 9 cm

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Native Term:

ma kis a nun

Place:

Kansas; USA

Date created:

circa 1870

Collection History:

Collected from Wu'-ko-kwa"-wa" (Prairie Band Potawatomi) 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.

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Catalog Number:

2/7614

Barcode:

027614.000

See related items:

Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67b7db0b6-33b5-4104-91ae-a409dd055d03

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_29315