Heddle
name: label: Culture/People
content: Meskwaki (Fox)
label: Previous owner
content: Jim Bear, Meskwaki (Fox) [Tama, Iowa], b. ca. 1880
label: Collector
content: David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
label: Previous owner
content: David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
label: Previous owner
content: Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by Jim Bear (Meskwaki. b. ca. 1880); collected from him 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.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Sac and Fox Reservation (Mesquakie Indian Settlement); Tama County; Iowa; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Meskwaki (Fox)
label: See related items
content: Weaving tools/equipment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/1780
label: Barcode
content: 241780.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Weaving tools/equipment
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Heddle
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood
label: Techniques
content: Aboriginally repaired