Culture/People:

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this

Previous owner:

Slippery Eyes, Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this

Breast, Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this

Collector:

William Wildschut (Willem Wildschut), Non-Indian, 1883-1955  Search this

Object Name:

Snake medicine bundle for healing (Image withheld)

Media/Materials:

Buffalo hide/skin, deerhide/deerskin, brass bell/bells, sweetgrass, elk tooth/teeth, otter skin/fur, elk hide/skin, eagle bone, rattlesnake rattle, glass bead/beads, pine needles, paint

Techniques:

Painted

Object Type:

Ceremonial/Ritual items: Bundles

Indigenous Term:

xapáalia

Place:

Montana; USA

Collection History:

Originally owned by Slippery Eyes (Apsáalooke); acquired by Breast (Apsáalooke) at an unknown date; collected from Breast in 1927 by anthropologist William (Willem) Wildschut (1883-1955) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.

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Catalog Number:

15/3373

Barcode:

153373.000

See related items:

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)

Ceremonial/Ritual items: Bundles

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e347db5f-7c56-428e-b7d3-2ee26385e2f4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_164577