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Object Number
985-27-10/60193
Display Title
Sioux medicine bag made from almost complete badger skin. Slit opening on stomac
Descriptions
Object Description
Sioux medicine bag made from almost complete badger skin. Slit opening on stomach below head. Lined w/ cloth. Fringe and lazystitch beadwork around opening. Tinklers w/ horsehair tuffs interspersed. 99.1x20.2 cm.
Inventory Description
Racoon decorated with polychrome glass beads, rolled tin, dyed horsehair.
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Pouch
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1899?
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Raccoon skin, Hair, Bead
Dimensions
Overall: 101 x 18.5 x 3.1 cm (39 3/4 x 7 5/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60193; 4527 (crossed out); 24527
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930 - 1985)
Collector
Alexander Redfield
(? - ?)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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