Hide that may have been used for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
date: label: Date created
content: 1775-1800
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Odawa (Ottawa) (attributed); possibly used by the Seneca
label: Collector
content: Captain Richard Whiley, Non-Indian, ca. 1780-1847
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Samuel Latham Mitchill (Samuel L. Mitchell), Non-Indian, 1764-1831
label: Previous owner
content: Daniel Carter Beard (Daniel C. Beard/Dan Beard), Non-Indian, 1850-1941
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Captain Richard Whiley (ca. 1780-1847), a commander at Fort Mackinac between 1799 and 1803; presented to Dr. Samuel L. Mitchill (1764-1834, a physician and amateur naturalist) by Captain Whiley before 1817; acquired by Daniel Carter Beard (1850-1941, an illustrator and naturalist who was prominent in the history of the Boy Scouts) at an unknown date; donated to MAI by Daniel Carter Beard in 1925.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Mackinac Island; Mackinac County; Michigan; USA (inferred)
label: Archipelago
content: Great Lakes Islands
label: Island Name
content: Mackinac Island
label: Island Grouping
content: Lake Huron Islands
setName: label: See related items
content: Odawa (Ottawa)
label: See related items
content: Seneca
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 14/3269
label: Barcode
content: 143269.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Hide that may have been used for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Deerhide/deerskin, porcupine quills, sinew, thread, dye/dyes
label: Techniques
content: Dyed, quilled (lane stitched), quill embroidered
label: Dimensions
content: 106.00 x 86.00 x 1.00 cm