Rawhide; envelope type; fringed; painted geometric designs. This bundle is called "iniskim asaan" (literally iniskim paint).
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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Accession date:
1962
Context of use:
Contains items 2-33891-98. This is an iniskim bundle used in connection with the medicine lodge (2-33923). Designed to bring buffalo to the whole tribe or band rather than for individual. See also 2-33876.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 22 centimeters and width 23 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #111: Oakland Public Museum (June 1, 1965–June 7, 1965)