Culture/People:

Munsee Delaware  Search this

Previous owner:

Betsy Pheasant (Betsy Jacobs), Munsee Delaware [Moravian Town, Ontario], ca. 1839-1919  Search this

Collector:

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

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

Object Name:

Corn scraper

Media/Materials:

Deer bone/bones

Techniques:

Cut

Object Type:

Food Gathering and Preparation

Native Term:

a to'c 'ta wu'm bi' gu'n

Place:

Near Saint Thomas; Saint Thomas; Elgin County; Ontario; Canada

Collection History:

Collected from Betsy Pheasant (ca. 1839-1919, Munsee Delaware) 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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Catalog Number:

2/7945

Barcode:

027945.000

See related items:

Munsee Delaware

Food Gathering and Preparation

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e5f5b222-1dfb-43df-8575-4ba646ddff97

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_29396