Blackfoot medicine man’s wand of buffalo hide with adornments of claw foot deer tail, medicine bear tooth, dyed horsehair and feathers covered with red ochre. Wrapped in muslin and held in a parfleche pouch. Wand is early 19th Century; parfleche cylinder 1860 – 70. Rare and important.
PERIOD: 19th Century
ORIGIN: Great Plains – Blackfeet, Native American
SIZE: Parfleche 8″ x 2 1/2″