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Sealskin tobacco pouch, containing tobacco, beaded

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1901-1934

Wooden baby carrier, nailed together in the form o

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1860-1920

Glass specimen bottle containing flowers and seeds

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1937

Baby carrier consisting of long strip of woven clo

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1920

Soapstone labret, Eskimo, or Northwest Coast India

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1900

Two containers of tea leaves, used in various ways by Micmac and Montagnais Indians

Two containers of tea leaves, used in various ways

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Circular clear glass container stuck on to glass backing plate, contains white willow bark from North America, used by the Ojibwa Indians as a cough remedy

Circular clear glass container stuck on to glass b

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1920

Specimen jar containing blood root used for various treatments by different Noeth American tribes

Specimen jar containing blood root used for variou

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Specimen jar containing serpentary root various uses by North America Indians

Specimen jar containing serpentary root various us

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Lily root used by North american Indian, from North America, 1851 to 1937

Lily root used by North american Indian, from Nort

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1937

Glass, circular container (?) mounted on glass, contains various pieces of cuckoo pint root, by Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) peoples of North America

Glass, circular container (?) mounted on glass, co

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass specimen dish fixed to back plate, for cascara bark used by Indians of N.W. States, USA

Glass specimen dish fixed to back plate, for casca

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1890-1940

Container with bark from sweet flag, used to cure toothache by Chippewa Indians, N. America

Container with bark from sweet flag, used to cure

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass specimen dish, fixed (originally) to display plate, for yarrow, used by Chippewa Indians, North American

Glass specimen dish, fixed (originally) to display

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1890-1940

Glass container, on glass mount, contains virginian prune bark, from North America used by Chippewa Indians

Glass container, on glass mount, contains virginia

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container mounted on glass, contains berries of sumach, used by the Pawnee Indians of North America

Glass container mounted on glass, contains berries

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Specimen jar containing roots of golden seal various medical uses by North American Indians

Specimen jar containing roots of golden seal vario

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container on glass mount, containing black currant, used by Winnebago Indians North America

Glass container on glass mount, containing black c

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container, on glass mount, contains chacot pods fragments from Dakota, North America

Glass container, on glass mount, contains chacot p

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass specimen bottle with sample of prickly ash berries, used by Pawnee Indians, Plains tribe, U.S.A., for toothache etc

Glass specimen bottle with sample of prickly ash b

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1940

Two glass containers and bottle contain Beth root, used to treat various diseases in North America by the Indians

Two glass containers and bottle contain Beth root,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Specimen jar, contains various plant parts of yarrow, used by variousNorth America Tribes

Specimen jar, contains various plant parts of yarr

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Container with snake root, used by various North American tribes for a variety of medicinal purposes

Container with snake root, used by various North A

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Specimen jar containing sweet flag roots various uses by different North American tribes

Specimen jar containing sweet flag roots various u

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Specimen jar containing , wild alum plant used for various treatments by Cherokee and Chippewa Indian of North American

Specimen jar containing , wild alum plant used for

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Container of bark, Virginian prune, North America, 1901-1937

Container of bark, Virginian prune, North America,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1937

Glass bottle containing juniper berries used byu Cree tribe of North America

Glass bottle containing juniper berries used byu C

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1940

Specimen jar containing bark of black cherry various uses by North American Indians

Specimen jar containing bark of black cherry vario

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container on glass mount, contains bearberry leaves from North America

Glass container on glass mount, contains bearberry

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Specimen jar containing leaves of plantain used by North American Indian tribes in various treatments

Specimen jar containing leaves of plantain used by

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Container with Pleurisy root sections used by Winnebago Indians and other Dakota Indians as emetic treating pulmonary trouble

Container with Pleurisy root sections used by Winn

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Container, backing mount missing, contains mayapple stems, from North America

Container, backing mount missing, contains mayappl

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

2 container, a bottle and a container on a mount, both contain barberry bark, used by Penobscot Indians, for Uleerated gums and sore throat

2 container, a bottle and a container on a mount,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1920

Specimen jar containing stem or root of Hellebore used in various treatments by North American Indians

Specimen jar containing stem or root of Hellebore

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Specimen jar containing leeaves of mullein from North America where it is used in various treatments by different tribes

Specimen jar containing leeaves of mullein from No

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass bottle and container on glass mount, containing bark of red oak, used by Ojibwa tribe of North America to treat diarrohoea

Glass bottle and cotnainer on glass mount, contain

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Specimen jar containing various plant parts of tansy used by North America Indians

Specimen jar containing various plant parts of tan

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Specimen jar containing slippery elm used in various ways by different North American tribes

Specimen jar containing slippery elm used in vario

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Specimen bottle containing root of bariur from Solomon Islands, used in various ways by Natives

Specimen bottle containing root of bariur from Sol

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Specimen bottle, contains black snake root, from North America where it has multiple uses by various tribes

Specimen bottle, contains black snake root, from N

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container on glass mount, contains Alum stems, used by Ohawa and Chippewa Indians, North America

Glass container on glass mount, contains Alum stem

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container contains slippery elm wood

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Specimen jar contains roots of yellow dock used by various North American Indians in various ways, jar European 1900 to 1930

Specimen jar contains roots of yellow dock used by

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container on glass mount, containing white Agaric, used by Blackfoot Indians, from North America

Glass container on glass mount, containing white A

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass specimen dish and bottle containing roots and flowers of gravelroots, boneset, used by Cherokee indians, 1860-1900

Glass specimen dish and bottle containing roots an

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1940

Glass container on glass mount, containing water-lily, used by Penobscot Indians to apple to swollen limbs

Glass container on glass mount, containing water-l

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass dish fixed to backplate, for white birch bark from USA, used by Chippewa Indians

Glass dish fixed to backplate, for white birch bar

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1890-1940

Two watch glass contains flowers and stems of Alum root used by various North American tribes

Two watch glass contains flowers and stems of Alum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass specimen bottle and glass dish, both containing root of solomon's seal used as poultice by Cherokee Indian of North America

Glass specimen bottle and glass dish, both contain

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1937

Glass specimen bottle containing decoction of the blue cohosh root, said to be used by Swampy Cross Indians North America

Glass specimen bottle containing decoction of the

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1940