Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of John J. Steffen (1854-1914, a druggist in Douglas, Wyoming, who was part of an expedition to the Black Hills and Fort Laramie in the 1870s); purchased by George Heye from J.J. Steffen in 1907.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Sioux
- Previous owner
- John J. Steffen (J.J. Steffen), Non-Indian, 1854-1914
- Seller
- John J. Steffen (J.J. Steffen), Non-Indian, 1854-1914
- Object Name
- Medicine and bag (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Rawhide
- Techniques
- Painted
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
