Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Ernest E. Murray (1868-1952, an Indian artifact collector in Billings, Montana); purchased by MAI from Ernest E. Murray through his son James H. Murray (of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in 1948.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
- Previous owner
- Ernest E. Murray (E. E. Murray), Non-Indian, 1868-1952
- Seller
- Ernest E. Murray (E. E. Murray), Non-Indian, 1868-1952
- Seller agent
- James H. Murray, Non-Indian, b. 1904
- Object Name
- Rock medicine (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Hide, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Strung
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
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