Skin

Museum number:
2-5246
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005246
Alternate number:
55 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.131 and Acc.52
Description:
Mink skin, complete. Patch of multicolored geometric beading at base of tail.
Donor:
David Ives Bushnell Jr., G. B. Gordon, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, and W. C. Farabee
Collection place:
Central Plains, Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Central Plains
Culture or time period:
Umoⁿhoⁿ
Collector:
Francis La Flesche
Collection date:
1901-1902
Taxon:
Neovison vison
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1904 and September 8, 1902
Context of use:
Used as a medicine bag in the Shell Society.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 59 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: See 13/102 and Plate 63, between pps. 518 and 519*. References: *P. 519-520, "The Omaha Tribe", BAE 27; Fletcher & LaFlesche. Used as a medicine bag in the Shell Society.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Skin, accession number 2-5246, described as Mink skin, complete. Patch of multicolored geometric beading at base of tail.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Skin, accession number 2-5246, described as Mink skin, complete. Patch of multicolored geometric beading at base of tail.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Skin, accession number 2-5246, described as Mink skin, complete. Patch of multicolored geometric beading at base of tail.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skin, accession number 2-5246, described as Mink skin, complete. Patch of multicolored geometric beading at base of tail.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skin, accession number 2-5246, described as Mink skin, complete. Patch of multicolored geometric beading at base of tail.

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