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Object Number 76-45-10/10217
Display Title Wigwam cover (coarse rush mat)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Puck-way
Object Description Wigwam cover (coarse rush mat)
Inventory Description Wigwam cover, reeds bound with vegetable fiber twine, wood poles each end
Classification
  • Building furnishing
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Southeastern Ojibwa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Michigan / Isle Royale
Additional Geographic Terms Lake Superior
Dimensions Overall: 110 x 26 x 21 cm (43 5/16 x 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Henry Gillman (01/01/1876)
Intermediary Henry Gillman (October 21, 1876)

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