Acquisition

This piikastan was acquired by Cambridge University in August of 1929, when it was purchased from the Piikani Nation by Robert R. Rymill. Cambridge sent Rymill to Canada as a member of the Franklin Motor Expedition, which was collecting artifacts for the Museum of Archeology and Anthropology (MAA). When viewing the 3D model of the piikastan on the Blackfoot Digital Library, a number appears on the underside of the naamsskii’s head. The number appears to read 30. 1.024. According to the MAA website, the object’s full reference number is 1930.1024; P104. As this number is part of the model’s texture, it is likely that this identification number was printed directly onto the amulet once it arrived at the Museum of Archeology and Anthropology.