Medicine bag part/fragment for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)

Date created
1780-1820
Culture/People
probably Great Lakes (attributed)
MAI agent
George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
Collection History
Collection history unknown; purchased by George Gustav Heye from an unknown source in London, England, in 1937.
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Place
Eastern Woodlands; USA (inferred)
See related items
Great Lakes
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
19/6357
Barcode
196357.000
Object Type
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Object Name
Medicine bag part/fragment for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
Media/Materials
Hide, metal cones, porcupine quills
Techniques
Quilled (lane stitched), quill embroidered, quill-wrapped (flat)
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws68be6865d-5c32-4682-86b6-725594b51209
Record ID
NMAI_209858