Culture/People:

Meskwaki (Fox)  Search this

Collector:

Truman Michelson, Non-Indian, 1879-1938  Search this

Object Name:

Witch bundle (Image withheld)

Media/Materials:

Cotton cloth, hide, ribbon, feather/feathers, root/roots, weasel skin/fur

Techniques:

Wrapped

Object Type:

Ceremonial/Ritual items: Bundles

Place:

Sac and Fox Reservation (Mesquakie Indian Settlement); Tama County; Iowa; USA

Collection History:

Collected by anthropologist and linguist Truman Michelson (1879-1938) circa 1916 during fieldwork sponsored by the US Bureau of American Ethnology and George Heye.

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Catalog Number:

5/8674

Barcode:

058674.000

See related items:

Meskwaki (Fox)

Ceremonial/Ritual items: Bundles

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws66d32b497-e044-4055-8942-dda1289bd5ea

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_63008