Painted with blue stripes; partly full of tobacco; tied with buckskin thong. Attached braid of sweet grass and mat of buffalo hair. 3 braids.
Donor:
David Ives Bushnell Jr., G. B. Gordon, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, and W. C. Farabee
Collection place:
Central Plains, Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Central Plains
Culture or time period:
Umoⁿhoⁿ
Collector:
Francis La Flesche
Collection date:
1901-1902
Taxon:
Bison bison
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1904 and September 8, 1902
Context of use:
Used in "Wa-Wan" ceremony by Omaha and other Siouan tribes, and the Pawnee. Goes with 2-5239-43.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Exhibited: UCLMA, "Plains Indians", 1971. References: For a full description of the ceremony and the symbolism of the objects used see "The Hako", BAE Report XXII, Part II. 27th Annual Report -BAE- "The Omaha Tribe", Fletcher & LaFlesche, p. 377. Used in "Wa-Wan" ceremony by Omaha and other Siouan tribes, and the Pawnee. Goes with 2-5239-43.