Bag and hair

Museum number:
2-33896a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210233896a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.1632
Description:
Cloth bag containing shed buffalo hair.
Donor:
American Indian Film Project
Collection place:
Blackfeet Reservation, Montana
Verbatim coll. place:
Montana; Blackfeet Reservation; Browning
Culture or time period:
Blackfoot of US
Collector:
American Indian Film Project
Collection date:
1962
Taxon:
Bison bison
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Accession date:
1962
Context of use:
The "buffalo stones" (fossil cephalopods) are placed on the buffalo hair at the altar for the ceremony of calling the buffalo. See card for 2-33890 and card 2-33876. Contained in 2-33890.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 16 centimeters and length 33 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #111: Oakland Public Museum (June 1, 1965–June 7, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag and hair, accession number 2-33896a,b, described as Cloth bag containing shed buffalo hair.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag and hair, accession number 2-33896a,b, described as Cloth bag containing shed buffalo hair.

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