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Height of actual bag part (ie the bit you put your items into) is about 10cm (4 inches). Total height of whole bag including tassels is 18-20cm. Total length of leather cord for hanging around neck is about 28 inches (70cms) but this length is adjustable by moving the knot. Hand made from black deerskin leather, the usual leather used for medicine bags, by Curtis Bitsui of the Navajo tribe, USA.
Curtis Bitsui is a member of the Navajo tribe and lives in the USA. Our supplier trades directly with this artist making sure he receives a fair price for his work. All items will be good quality but because of the hand made nature of the goods it is possible that crafts such as these may have small differences between them. These small differences (if there are any) should be seen as a testimony to the fact that you are buying authentic Native American crafts.
A medicine bag is a pouch traditionally worn around the neck by Native Americans. The bag is used to carry “medicine”, such as small crystals, rocks, herbs or other items.
A medicine bag is a traditional North American Aboriginal/Native container for various items of supernatural power. While anyone may have one, usually it would be the medicine man, or shaman, of a tribe who would carry one. As something that holds supernatural items, the medicine bag must also have some power of its own. They most often held things such as animal furs, special stones, or anything that meant something to the owner. No person, apart from the owner, was allowed to look inside this bag. When the owner died, they were buried with it.
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