Medicine bag for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
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- Culture/People
- Meskwaki (Fox)
- Previous owner
- Paul J. Warner (Paul John Warner), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Paul J. Warner (1881-1950, an amateur ethnologist employed at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois); acquired from him by Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973) in 1936; acquired by MAI in 1968 through an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by the Rockefeller family), which purchased Vernon's entire collection in 1965.
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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
- 24/1745
- Barcode
- 241745.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Medicine bag for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Otter skin/fur, wool cloth, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Sewn
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_257407