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Object Number
985-27-10/59085
Display Title
Navajo medicine bag and contents. Bag made from buckskin and has fringe at top a
Descriptions
Object Description
Navajo medicine bag and contents. Bag made from buckskin and has fringe at top and bottom. Contains 1 stone fetish of an animal (bear?); 1 shell bead, 1 bone bead, 1 turquoise, 1 blue crystalline stone and 1 unidentified (stone?) piece. 10.7x4.8 cm.
Inventory Description
Medicine bundle, leather pouch and contents
Classification
- Medicine bundle
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Leather, Stone, Turquoise
Dimensions
Overall: 10.7 x 4.7 x 1.6 cm (4 3/16 x 1 7/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
7
Label on object
985-27-10/59085
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Alfred Vincent Kidder
(1924)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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