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; "USED IN THE TOBACCO PLANTING CEREMONIAL. PERCY CREIGHTON (LITTLE DOG) ONE OF THE CHIEFS OF THE BLOOD TRIBE RECOGNIZED BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT, COLLECTED THIS BUNDLE ON THE NORTH BLACKFOOT RESERVATION ABOUT 1943. IT CONTAINS SOME OF THE MAJOR CEREMONIAL ITEMS IN THE TOBACCO PLANTING RITES OF THE NORTH BLACKFOOT. ITEMS AS FOLLOWS: A. OUTER WRAPPING OF WHITE STRIPED BLUE CLOTH. B. INNER WRAPPING OF HIDE COVERED WITH RED PAINT. C. & D. TWO SMALL BEAVER SKINS. E. WOODEN CROOK, 13" L. TO WHICH ARE TIED: A PAIR OF MINIATURE SIDE-SEAMED MOCCASINS AND A BUFFALO STONE IN A SKIN SACK. THIS CROOK WITH ATTACHED ACCESORIES WAS PLACED UPRIGHT IN THE EARTH OF THE TOBACCO PLANTER'S PATCH AFTER THE PLANTING AS A GIFT TO THE "LITTLE PEOPLE" WHO INSURE THE GROWTH OF THE CROP. F. SMALL SKIN POUCH PAINTED RED CONTAINING TOBACCO SEEDS. G. SIMILAR POUCH CONTAINING NATIVE TOBACCO. H. SIMILAR POUCH CONTAINING MANURE , SMALL QUANTITIES OF WHICH WERE PLANTED WITH SEEDS AS A FERTILIZER.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Jan 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E392314-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tobacco Bundle