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Object Name	beaded harness and war/love medicine
Tribe	Omaha
Object Type	bandolier and medicine pouch
Description	"Green, light blue, rose, red, royal blue beads in a diamond pattern on a white background, ending in red and blue pom-poms. The loom beading is sewn on canvas and leather material. Leather material with medicinal herbs is pinned to the harness"
Museum	Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Catalog Number	64105a,b
Primary Material	beads
Primary Decorative	beadwork, appliqué
Subject	clothing/personal
Year of Coll/Manuf	1985
Length	1.2 m
Width	9.0 cm
Notes	"Beaded harness. This piece was secured in trade from Louis Shipshee, an Indian trader of Potawatomi descent, Topeka, Kansas, in 1966. Mr. Shipshee said that he had secured this harness and the belt, item No. 11, from an Indian family at Indian City, a commercial enterprise near Anadarko, Oklahoma, and believed that it as Arapaho work. This may be true, but in our opinion the design has more of the look of Omaha, Winnebago, or Oto beadwork, the yarn tassels being an especially "Prairie" or "Woodland" area feature not usually seen in the craft work of High Plains tribes such as the Arapaho. John Turner, an Omaha of Macy, Nebraska, identified the design as being typically Omaha, and Mr. George St. Cyr, Winnebago of Winnebago, Nebraska, identified it as typically Winnebago." Omaha war and love medicine (attached to harness)" This medicine packet was transferred to James Howard in 1950 by its previous owner, George Phillips, an Omaha Indian of the Tapa or Deer clan. The medicine and
Materials	glass beads, cotton yarn, leather, canvas, medicinal herbs
Provenance	Collected James Howard from Louis Shipshee
Collection	Omaha Indian Heritage Project

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