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Introduction
Sun Effigy: "Used by dancers in the Longhouse. Carved face indicates personal use." (information via Judy Hall, Curator of Eastern Woodlands Ethnology, CMC, from Akwesasne leaders Darrell Thompson and John Elijah, who were visitors to CMC, April 1, 2000).
Date Made or Date Range:
/1915
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Other Notes
Sun effigy.;;
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
Collected in summer of 1915.
Provenance
Current Location:
Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
III-I-1058
Collection at Current Location:
Waugh Collection
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context:
1915
Collection Narratives and Histories
Collected in the summer of 1915. David Jack provided documentation to W. W. Waugh.
Source for Provenance information
David Jack indicated that this item was "like that formerly used in the Seneca longhouse."
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GKS Reference Number:
24571
Approximate Place of Origin