Tobacco Ceremonial Bundle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Feb 1953
name: label: Collector
content: Frank Red Crow
label: Collector
content: Madge H. Walters
label: Donor Name
content: Denver Art Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THIS BUNDLE USED BY A NORTH BLACKFOOT IN TOBACCO PLANTING CEREMONY WAS PURCHASED FOR MRS. WALTERS BY FRANK RED CROW ONE OF THE MINOR CHIEFS OF THE BLOOD INDIANS FROM A NORTH BLACKFOOT. IT INCLUDES: (A) OUTER WRAPPING OF STRIPED BROWN TRADE CLOTH (B) INNER WRAPPING OF DOMESTIC CALF SKIN SMEARED WITH RED PAINT ON INNER SURFACE (C) AND (D) TWO YOUNG BADGER SKINS SMEARED WITH RED PAINT (E) ONE WHOLE SKIN OF A YOUNG BEAVER (F) ONE BONE WHISTLE, WITH SKIN THONG NECKBAND, 6 7/8" LONG (G) ONE FRAGMENTARY BONE WHISTLE 3 3/8" LONG (H) SINGLE FEATHER (I) BUFFALO HAIR ASPERGER WITH SKIN WRAPPED STICK HANDLE HAVING DEER HOOF RATTLES ATTACHED (24" OVERALL); (J) SMALL, RAWHIDE POUCH 6" X 5 3/8" PAINTED IN GREEN AND BLACK CONTAINING K AND L. (K) SMALL RED PAINTED SKIN POUCH, TRIMMED WITH CORAL RED BEADS CONTAINING NATIVE TOBACCO FRAGMENTS (L) PIECE OF WILD CHERRY ROOT (M) RED PAINTED BAG CONTAINING BUFFALO STONE WITH THONG FOR NECK SUSPENSION (N) FORKED STICK FIRE TONGS (33 3/4" LONG)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Nov 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 25
place: label: Place
content: Alberta, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Blackfoot (Niitsitapi, Siksikaitsitapi), Northern
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 196929
label: USNM Number
content: E392315-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tobacco Bundle
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Pouch (J)
content: 15 cm
label: Unknown - Pouch (J)
content: 13.653 cm
label: Length - Tongs
content: 85.72 cm