Feather and medal

Museum number:
2-59597a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1632
Description:
a) Feather, mostly denuded; red-ochre stained; wrapped with red ochre stained sinew. b) White metal miraculous medal -"O Mary conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee 1830" attached with string and buckskin thong.
Donor:
American Indian Film Project
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Blackfoot of Canada and Blackfoot of US
Collector:
American Indian Film Project
Collection date:
ca. 1962
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1962
Context of use:
Found (March 1977) attached to Blackfoot medicine bundle #2-33885 a-d.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— length 30 centimeters, (b)— width 1.5 centimeters, and (b)— length 2 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "yes" References: "See Acc. envelope #1632 for additional information.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Feather and medal, accession number 2-59597a,b, described as a) Feather, mostly denuded; red-ochre stained; wrapped with red ochre stained sinew. b) White metal miraculous medal -"O Mary conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee 1830" attached with string and buckskin thong.

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