Accession No
D 1976.150 B
Description
Woman's medicine bag: "Next in importance to the 'medicine' and hair string. They become fetich from holding the ' medicine' . They are not made with any ceremonies, but after they have held the medicine for even a very short time, they so partake of its character that they must be as carefully concealed as it is. Ordinarily, the bag and medicine are worn under the left arm, but if the woman has a sick child, or one to be sent where there is danger, she wraps the medicine in a bag and fastens it to the child's scalp lock or under its arm, and hides the bag in some cranny of the wigwam. If she is very sick, her medicine is rolled in her scalp lock, while the bag remains under her arm
Place
Americas; North America; USA
Period
Source
Folklore Society [depositor and donor]; Owen, Mary Alicia [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
D 1976.150 B; 15
Cultural Affliation
Plains; Musquakie; Fox; Algonquian speakers
Material
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Woodlands GRASAC project
Event Date 18/5/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (CMS Context)
Nos. 1976.136-244 form the Owen Collection, donated to CUMAA via the Folklore Society. See record 1976.136 for bibliographic details. Nos 1976.137-156 form a woman's dance costume; Collected by: Owen Collection; Owen.Miss.M.A
Event Date 18/5/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (CMS Description)
Woman's medicine bag: "Next in importance to the 'medicine' and hair string. They become fetich from holding the ' medicine' . They are not made with any ceremonies, but after they have held the medicine for even a very short time, they so partake of its character that they must be as carefully concealed as it is. Ordinarily, the bag and medicine are worn under the left arm, but if the woman has a sick child, or one to be sent where there is danger, she wraps the medicine in a bag and fastens it to the child's scalp lock or under its arm, and hides the bag in some cranny of the wigwam. If she is very sick, her medicine is rolled in her scalp lock, while the bag remains under her arm
Event Date 18/5/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn
FM:269371
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