Medicine bag and contents for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
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Culture/People
Iowa
Previous owner
Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
Donor
Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
Object Name
Medicine bag and contents for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
Media/Materials
Otter skin/fur, porcupine quills
Techniques
Quill embroidered
Object Type
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Place
Kansas; USA (inferred)
Collection History
Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Mrs. Thea Kowne Page; donated to MAI by Thea Page Heye following her marriage to George Heye in 1915.