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Reproduced in Suzanne Flynt, "Early Native American Collections in Deerfield," American Indian Art Magazine, Vol. 30, No.1, Winter 2004, 55. Exhibited in "The Spirit Sings," Glenbow Museum, 1987, p. 49, #W55. Exhibited in "New England Begins: The 17th Century," 1982, p. 89-90, #94. Theodore Brasser, "A Basketful of Change," Canadian Ethnology Service Paper 22, Mercury Series (Ottawa, Ontario: National Museum of Canada) 66: #26. Charles C. Willoughby, "A Mohawk (Caughnawaga) Halter for Leading Captives," American Anthropologist, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Jan-Mar) 1938, 49-50. William C. Orchard, "Mohawk burden-straps," Indian notes, vol. 6, 1929, 351-9. No. 87 "Historical Index for the museum of Deerfield Academy 1797" Donor: Dorothy (Williams) Ashley (1713-1808), wife of the Reverend Jonathan Ashley, Deerfield's minister from 1732-1780 was living in Deerfield in 1746 when Indians attacked the Bars settlement south of the village street "Gathered and Preserved," PVMA, 1991, p.18.
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