Medicine bag for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
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- Culture/People
- Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
- Collector
- Thomas R. Roddy (Tom Roddy/T. R. Roddy/White Buffalo), Non-Indian, 1857-1924
- Previous owner
- Thomas R. Roddy (Tom Roddy/T. R. Roddy/White Buffalo), Non-Indian, 1857-1924
- Seller
- Thomas R. Roddy (Tom Roddy/T. R. Roddy/White Buffalo), Non-Indian, 1857-1924
- Collection History
- Collected by Thomas R. Roddy (1857-1924, an Indian artifact collector and dealer) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from Tom Roddy in 1909.
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- Place
- Wisconsin, Nebraska; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 2/2787
- Barcode
- 022787.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Medicine bag for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Otter skin/fur, porcupine quills
- Techniques
- Quilled (lane stitched)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_24115