Invitation/message sticks for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: Potawatomi
label: Previous owner
content: Chief White Fish, Potawatomi [Forest County, Wisconsin]
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 Chief White Fish (Potawatomi); collected from him 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.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Wisconsin; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Potawatomi
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/2618
label: Barcode
content: 242618.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Invitation/message sticks for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved