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Object Number
05-19-10/64727
Display Title
Flint pieces, shak-gun
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Shak-gun
Object Description
Flint pieces, shak-gun. Used to cut flesh before applying cupping horn, 05-19-1
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Potawatomi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Michigan
/
Cass County
/
Dowagiac
Materials
Flint
Provenance
Owner
Margaret Bushman
Collector
Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington
(03/05/1905-03/06/1905)
Dealer
Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington
(01/01/1905)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Raw Material |
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Guyana | |
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|
Guyana
British Guiana | |
| 12-33-30/84138 | Shak-shaks" (rattles) |
Percussion
|
British Guiana
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Blowgun
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Tucano?
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Tucano?
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Blowgun
|
Tucano?
| |
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Flint
|
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| |
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Scraper
|
Ontario
| |
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Pendant
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Edere
| |
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