War Medicine

NA10585

From: Montana

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA10585
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Crow (Culture)
Provenience Montana
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Feather | Eagle Feather | Metal | Sinew
Description

From Big-Bear. The red feathers attached to eagle feather symbolize the Milky Way, the cluster of beads for dipper. Medicine worn in the hair when on the war path.

Length 37 cm
Width 7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Ernest E. Murray, 1924

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