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Object Number 05-19-10/65066
Display Title Muskrat skin stretcher
Descriptions
Indigenous Term shush-kwi-an shi-bak-wa-gun
Inventory Description Stretcher, bent wood, 1 end forming crossbar withsplit end
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Southeastern Ojibwa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Ontario / <County> / Sarnia Reservation
Additional Geographic Terms Walpole Island
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 51.1 x 16.2 x 2.9 cm (20 1/8 x 6 3/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65066
Provenance
Collector Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington (04/01/1905)
Dealer Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington (01/01/1905)

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Documentary
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Documentary
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Documentary
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stretcher being put down in front of Eken Buken
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Documentary
New Guinea
stretcher being made for Eken Buken
2006.15.1.38.6 stretcher being made for Eken Buken
Documentary
New Guinea