Pouch Of Secret Horse Medicines
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: "RED-PAINTED SKIN POUCH (5 1/2"H. X 5"W.) WITH SKIN TIE STRING. CONTAINS (1) SYMBOLIC HORSE FIGURE 7 1/2" LONG, CANVAS BASE, PAINTED RED, FULL-BEADED ON ONE SURFACE WITH WHITE SEED BEADS, AND BLUE BEADS USED FOR EYE AND NOSTRILS ONLY. THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE THE OLDER HORSE FIGURE FOR WHICH ITEM G IS A REPLACEMENT EMPLOYED IN THE CEREMONY IN RECENT YEARS. (2) LARGE SKIN POUCH WITH DRAWSTRING AT NECK, PAINTED RED WITH BLUE BEAD EDGING AROUND MOUTH, CONTAINING SECRET HORSE MEDICINE. (3-8) 6 SMALL SKIN POUCHES OF SECRET HORSE MEDICINES, EACH INDIVIDUALLY MARKED. ONE IS PLAIN. OTHERS EACH HAVE A NECKLACE SIZE BEAD OF DIFFERENT COLOR SEWED TO THEM: ONE SKY BLUE, ONE LIGHT GREEN, ONE DARK GREEN, ONE BLACK, ONE RED. NOTE: MISS V.E. RUDD, DIVISION OF BOTANY USNM APRIL 9, 1951 IDENTIFED THE MEDICINES FROM SAMPLES: UNMARKED SKIN BAG: ROOTSTOCKS OF BANEBERRY, ACTAEA EBURNIA RYDB. 5 SKIN BAGS WITH BEADS ATTACHED: "BRACTS OF FLOWER HEADS OF SAGEBRUSH, PROBABLY ARTEMISIA GLAUCA PALL. OR A. AROMATICA A. NELS. DRAWSTRING POUCH: MOSTLY GROUND-UP FIR NEEDLES. PROBABLY ABIES LASIOCARPA (HOOK) NUTT. WHICH, ACCORDING TO STANDLEY, IS USED BY THE BLACKFEET AS MEDICINE.""
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 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: E387744J-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag / Figure
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 13 cm