Ricing sticks for gathering wild rice
date: label: Date created
content: 1920-1940
name: label: Culture/People
content: Lake Superior Chippewa
label: Previous owner
content: Mary Poler, Lake Superior Chippewa, b. 1903
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 Mary Poler (Lake Superior Chippewa, b. 1903); collected from her by Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973) at an unknown date; 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.
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place: label: Place
content: Mole Lake, Mole Lake Reservation; Forest County; Wisconsin; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Lake Superior Chippewa
label: See related items
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/2227
label: Barcode
content: 242227.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Ricing sticks for gathering wild rice
label: Media/Materials
content: Cedar
label: Techniques
content: Carved