Turkey Call
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Patawomeck (Potomac)
- Seller
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Collector
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Collection History
- Collected in 1921 by anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950); purchased by MAI from Frank Speck in 1921 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Date created
- 1900-1920
- Catalog Number
- 10/6560
- Barcode
- 106560.000
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Object Name
- Turkey Call
- Media/Materials
- Turkey bone/bones
- Techniques
- Carved
- Place
- Potomac Creek; Stafford County; Virginia; USA
- See related items
- Patawomeck (Potomac)
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_115055
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws60c050e7d-dd12-4624-aa7b-f7856b216f6a
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