Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of John Jay White (1860-1923, a New York City banker and collector of Indian objects); lent to MAI by Mr. White in 1921; donated to MAI by his widow, Grace Hoffman White (Virginia Grace Hoffman, 1862-1937), in 1925.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
- Previous owner
- John Jay White, Non-Indian, 1860-1923
- Lender
- John Jay White, Non-Indian, 1860-1923
- Donor
- Grace Hoffman White (Virginia Grace Hoffman/Mrs. John Jay White), Non-Indian, 1862-1937
- Object Name
- Medicine bag (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Otter paw/foot
- Techniques
- Sewn
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
