Medicine Bag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 1892
label: Collection Date
content: C. 1891
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: Medicine bag model. Rectangular hide case with crescent-shaped top fringed on ends. Painted yellow with two red triangles on each side. 5" (13 cm). Records: Model. It is in the shape of a saddle and contains the "Great Talisman" of the Kiowas. No white has succeeded in seeing the talisman but it is known to be composed of the three hundred or more scalp trophies of the tribe. (ML). (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Oct 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiowa And Comanche Reservation, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025718
label: USNM Number
content: E152927-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Medicine Bag Model