Rawhide Horse And Human Figurine
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: "CUT-OUT RAWHIDE REPRESENTATION OF A HORSE IN PROFILE. PLACED IN FRONT OF THE ALTAR IN THE HORSE DANCE CEREMONY AS SYMBOL OF THE HORSE SPIRIT. DOLL (WITHOUT CLOTHES) MARKED ON BACK "GERMANY", USED THE HORSE MEDICINE MAN IN CEREMONY TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF HORSE RACES. IF THE DOLL WAS PLACED ON THE RAWHIDE HORSE'S HEAD IT WOULD CAUSE THE OPPONENT'S HORSE TO FLY THE TRACK; IF IT WAS PLACED ON THE RAWHIDE HORSE'S SHOULDER IT WOULD CAUSE THAT HORSE TO BUCK; IF PLACED ON RAWHIDE HORSE'S HIND LEGS IT WOULD CAUSE THAT HORSE TO KICK UP."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 189268
label: USNM Number
content: E387744G-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure