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Object Number
05-36-10/65443
Display Title
Braided sweet grass, to place on fire to drive away evil spirits
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Braided sweetgrass wound with cloth one end
Classification
- Braids
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux?
- Crow?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Sweetgrass, Cloth
Dimensions
Overall: 46 x 2.5 x 2 cm (18 1/8 x 1 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
65443
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(?)
Donor
Herbert A. Coffeen
(1905)
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