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Object Number
98-15-10/51902
Display Title
Leather bag with red pigment. 'Medicine' inside.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tcig'-wi-gis
Object Description
Leather bag with red pigment. 'Medicine' inside.
Inventory Description
Pouch, leather, plain, traces of red pigment, leather tie at opening
Classification
- Pouch
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Jicarilla
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 25.6 x 10.3 x 2.8 cm (10 1/16 x 4 1/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
51902 & POISON
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Frank Russell
(01/01/1898)
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(01/01/1898)
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