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medicine bag [4 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

medicine bag: an item in the "Ceremonial Objects" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

trousse de guérisseur : objet de la classe «Objets cérémoniels» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
DEF

Among the North American Indians, a bag in which supposed charms were worn or carried by a medicine man; any receptacle for magic charms or remedies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
OBS

guérisseur (ou medicine-man) : Spécialiste censé obtenir la guérison des malades ou réussir un traitement chirurgical grâce à des pouvoirs surnaturels ou grâce à des connaissances expérimentales positives dont la mise en œuvre est seulement favorisée par la bienveillance d'esprits tutélaires. [...] Le rôle du medicine-man (ou guérisseur) au sens propre fut de la plus grande importance dans la plupart des sociétés indiennes d'Amérique.

OBS

Mentionnons seulement que les équivalents «sac médecine» et «sac à médicaments» ont été rencontrés dans deux publications.

Key term(s)
  • sac médecine
  • sac à médicaments

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
OBS

A bundle might be a few feathers wrapped in skin or a multitude of objects such as animal skins, roots, or stone pipes inside a rawhide bag ... Fixed rules of inheritance governed the sale of a particular bundle. Formal transfer was a solemn ceremony and the new owner had to learn the significance of all objects in the bundle, details of visions to which they owed their origins, and songs that established their validity. Feasts were given for bundles by both owners and nonowners.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
DEF

A package of objects, used by some North American Indian tribes and believed to have special magical or ritualistic properties. Medicine bundles were the property of either an individual or a group and were usually enclosed in a skin cover.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
DEF

Sac contenant des amulettes ou herbes curatives et que portaient des Indiens.

Spanish

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