Bag

Museum number:
2-4911
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
96 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.14
Description:
Mink(?) skin; beaded; quilled; fringed; cloth edging and lining on tail. Original field catalogue: "Sioux - Mink medicine bag".
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Dakota
Collector:
Hugh Lenox Scott
Collection date:
1876-1898
Taxon:
Neovison vison
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
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 86 centimeters
Loans:
S1962-1963 #8: Four Winds Club, Oakland YWCA (September 13, 1962–September 17, 1962)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-4911, described as Mink(?) skin; beaded; quilled; fringed; cloth edging and lining on tail. Original field catalogue: "Sioux - Mink medicine bag".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-4911, described as Mink(?) skin; beaded; quilled; fringed; cloth edging and lining on tail. Original field catalogue: "Sioux - Mink medicine bag".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-4911, described as Mink(?) skin; beaded; quilled; fringed; cloth edging and lining on tail. Original field catalogue: "Sioux - Mink medicine bag".

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