Charm
37955
From: United States of America | Wisconsin | Shanano
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 37955 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Menominee |
| Provenience | United States of America | Wisconsin | Shanano |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Buckskin | Vegetal Substance |
| Description | Love powder. Small buckskin bag, containing vegetal substance. Handwritten note on catalogue card says: "Labelled: Love powder. This is prepared from the roots of certain trees and shrubs and is usually colored red. The powder must be kept in a small buckskin bag. It a boy or man wishes to marry a girl who is unwilling to become his wife, he gets a hair of the girl and puts it in the bag with the powder. After a short time the girl will become frantic in love with the individual who used the charm. Girls sometimes use the love powder for the purpose of getting a husband. Sometimes the powder is used only for the purpose of seduction." |
| Length | 4 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Thomas B. Donaldson; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1901 |
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