Paint Bags
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Jan 1951
name: label: Collector
content: Wallace Night Gun
label: Donor Name
content: George Night Gun
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TWO OF CLOTH AND ONE OF PARCHMENT CONTAIN RED PAINT; ONE OF CLOTH CONTAINS BLACK PAINT. THE BLACK PAINT USED TO PAINT THE LEFT HALF OF THE ALTAR OF THE HORSE DANCE CEREMONY. THE RED PAINT USED TO PAINT THE RIGHT HALF OF THE SAME ALTAR, AND ALSO WAS EMPLOYED BY THE CULT LEADER TO PAINT THE FACES OF SICK PERSONS FOR WHOM THE CEREMONY WAS GIVEN, DURING THE CEREMONY."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Blackfeet Reservation, Montana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Blackfoot (Niitsitapi, Siksikaitsitapi), Piegan (Piikani)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 189268
label: USNM Number
content: E387744D-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Paint Bag / Pigment