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Medicine stick
Object Number 00-18-10/55909
Display Title Medicine stick
Descriptions
Object Description Medicine stick
Inventory Description Fabric wrapped bundles on wooden stick
Classification
  • Medicine bundle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / South Dakota
Additional Geographic Terms Pine Ridge Agency; Wounded Knee Creek, edge of bank near mouth of
Materials Fabric, Wood, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 82 x 8 x 5 cm (32 5/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55909
Provenance
Collector Samuel W. Garman (01/01/1900)
Donor Samuel W. Garman (01/01/1900)

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