Medicine bag part/fragment for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
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- Culture/People
- Meskwaki (Fox)
- Possible collector
- Milford G. Chandler (M.G. Chandler), Non-Indian, 1889-1981
- Previous owner
- Milford G. Chandler (M.G. Chandler), Non-Indian, 1889-1981
- Seller
- Milford G. Chandler (M.G. Chandler), Non-Indian, 1889-1981
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Indian art collector Milford G. Chandler (1889-1981) and possibly collected by him; purchased by MAI from Milford Chandler in 1925.
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- Place
- Sac and Fox Reservation (Mesquakie Indian Settlement); Tama County; Iowa; USA
- See related items
- Meskwaki (Fox)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 14/1361
- Barcode
- 141361.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Medicine bag part/fragment for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Porcupine quills
- Techniques
- Quill-netted, quill-wrapped (flat)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_152006