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Object Name	hair brush, awl, shell paint-cup, bone brush, cupping horn
Tribe	Omaha
Object Type	hairbrush; awl; paint-cup, shell; brush, bone; horn
Description	See notes
Museum	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Catalog Number	2205, 2207, 2211, 2212, 2219
Primary Material	plant material; antler, horn, or bone; shell;
Subject	household; religious
Year of Coll/Manuf	1898ca
Notes	The Mi-ka-he or hair brush. A peculiar stiff grass, gathered in June was kept for the manufacture of these brushes (a few spears of this grass are sent with the brush)""The woman's Wa'-ku or awl, which was her needle. In the early times the sharp bone from the ankle of the deer served for this implement, but the aboriginal awl was quickly supplanted by the metal point furnished by the white trader"(La Flesche 1898:26)"A shell was a convenient receptacle for the mixed paint, Wi'-u-ga, compounded of water and different clays, roots and plants""A sharpened bit of bone was the Wi'-u-ga e'-bi-ka or paint brush""The Zhon-te-he' or wooden ladle was the spoon for serving the individual portions from the family pot"(La Flesche 1898:31).
Provenance	Francis La Flesche
State of Coll/Manuf	Nebraska
Collection	Omaha Indian Heritage Project

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