Snowshoe needle
- Culture/People
- probably Potawatomi [Forest County, Wisconsin] (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Charles Tecumseh (Chief Teecomsee), Potawatomi, b. ca. 1855
- Collector
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Previous owner
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by Charles Tecumseh (Potawatomi, b. ca, 1855); collected from him at an unknown date by Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973); acquired by MAI in 1968 through an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by the Rockefeller family), which purchased Vernon's entire collection in 1965.
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- Place
- Rat Lake; Wisconsin; USA
- See related items
- Potawatomi [Forest County, Wisconsin]
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 24/1281
- Barcode
- 241281.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Snowshoe needle
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved, perforated
- Record ID
- NMAI_256953