Medicine bag for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
label: Possible collector
content: Joseph Kossuth Dixon (Joseph K. Dixon), Non-Indian, 1856-1926
label: Previous owner
content: Joseph Kossuth Dixon (Joseph K. Dixon), Non-Indian, 1856-1926
label: Previous owner
content: Edith R. Dixon (Edith Sloane Reid/Mrs. Joseph Kossuth Dixon), Non-Indian, 1891-1969
label: Seller
content: Edith R. Dixon (Edith Sloane Reid/Mrs. Joseph Kossuth Dixon), Non-Indian, 1891-1969
notes: label: Collection History
content: Probably collected between 1909 and 1913 by Joseph Kossuth Dixon (1856-1926, a photographer and filmmaker) during his work on the "Wanamaker Expedition of Citizenship," which was sponsored by Rodman Wanamaker (1863-1928, of the Wanamaker department stores) to present American flags to 189 tribes and emphasize the importance of Native citizenship; purchased by MAI from Joseph Dixon's widow, Edith R. Dixon (1891-1969), in 1927.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Montana; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 15/6942
label: Barcode
content: 156942.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Medicine bag for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Hide, ermine skin/fur, brass bell/bells
label: Techniques
content: Sewn