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Object Number 50-69-10/32708
Display Title Weasel skin medicine bag. Beaded decoration.
Descriptions
Object Description Weasel skin medicine bag. Beaded decoration.
Inventory Description Bag, weasel pelt, opening at chest, beaded fabric deco at paws and tail
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900s, Early
Culture
  • Menominee
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Wisconsin
Dimensions Overall: 69.5 x 13.5 x 4.2 cm (27 3/8 x 5 5/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50-69-10/32708
Credit Line Exchange with Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1950
Provenance
Collector Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation (1919?)
Donor Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation (11/16/1950)

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