Medicine bag for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: Lake Superior Chippewa
label: Previous owner
content: George Van Dyke, Non-Indian, 1888-1969
label: Previous owner
content: Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
label: Donor
content: Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of George Van Dyke (1888-1969), a trapper who also rented summer cabins on Buckskin Lake in Vilas County, Wisconsin; purchased from him in 1966 by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast); donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Wisconsin; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Lake Superior Chippewa
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/1504
label: Barcode
content: 251504.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Medicine bag for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Wool cloth, snakeskin, glass bead/beads
label: Techniques
content: Sewn,
label: Dimensions
content: 91.4 x 10.8 cm