Medicine bag for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
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- Culture/People
- Iowa
- Collector
- Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923
- Previous owner
- Robert Small, Iowa
- Collector
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Collection History
- Collected from Robert Small (Iowa) by Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) and Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923, assistant to Mark Harrington in Oklahoma) in 1913 during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Place
- Oklahoma; USA
- See related items
- Iowa
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 3/2729
- Barcode
- 032729.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Indigenous Term
- do stum' ne'
- Object Name
- Medicine bag for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Otter skin/fur, porcupine quills
- Techniques
- Quill embroidered
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_35066