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probably Red River Metis (attributed); possibly collected from the Munsee Delaware
Previous seller
J. C. Stevens Auction Rooms, 1834-ca. 1940
Previous owner
William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
Seller
William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
MAI agent
George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
Collection History
Collection history unknown; acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1912 from the J. C. Stevens Auction Rooms (London, England); purchased by George Heye from W.O. Oldman in 1913.
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