[Restricted Object] Midewiwin Society Medicine Bag
Potawatomi
Midewiwin Society
Great Lakes Woodlands
Woodlands
Prairie
late 19th century
Otter skin, glass beads, cloth, metal, and thread
Overall: 51 × 9 1/4 in. (129.5 × 23.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Guido R. Rahr, Sr., Class of 1951P
985.47.26534
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Bag
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Course History
REL 53, Religion, Healing and Medicine, Elizabeth Perez, Winter 2012
Exhibition History
Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 2-June 19, 1987.
Publication History
Barbara A. Hail and Gregory C. Schwarz, Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1987, p.66, no.71, ill., p.28.
Provenance
Collected by Guido Reinhardt Rahr, Sr. (1902-1985), Manitowoc, Wisconsin; given to present collection, 1985.
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