Bag

Museum number:
2-4907
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Alternate number:
92 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.14
Description:
Medicine shoulder bag. Loomwork beadwork. Inside face layer of bag is lined with birchbark. Beading on shoulder needs stabilized. Wool on the back of the bag.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northeastern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northeast
Culture or time period:
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)
Collector:
Hugh Lenox Scott
Collection date:
1876-1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Context of use:
Original field catalogue: "Chippewa - medicine shoulder bag - very fine.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Photo: 15-857.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-4907, described as Medicine shoulder bag. Loomwork beadwork. Inside face layer of bag is lined with birchbark. Beading on shoulder needs stabilized. Wool on the back of the bag.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-4907, described as Medicine shoulder bag. Loomwork beadwork. Inside face layer of bag is lined with birchbark. Beading on shoulder needs stabilized. Wool on the back of the bag.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-4907, described as Medicine shoulder bag. Loomwork beadwork. Inside face layer of bag is lined with birchbark. Beading on shoulder needs stabilized. Wool on the back of the bag.

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