medicine bundle

American  

noun

1. a wrapped package of items used by some North American Indians for religious or ceremonial purposes.

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medicine bundle

Then the shaman went into his wickiup to put the watch in his medicine bundle.

From Shaman by Robert Shea

Jumping down from the wagon, he tied to his shoulders with rawhide thongs the pack that held his medicine bundle, his instruments and his book.

From Shaman by Robert Shea

To this ritual belongs a medicine bundle with accessories, known as the natoas, though the name is primarily that of the headdress which the bundle contains.

From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Clark Wissler

Smoking the great medicine pipe, displaying the contents of the medicine bundle, dancing, praying, etc., were repeated at different stages of the proceedings.

From The Great Salt Lake Trail by Henry Inman

When one transfers a medicine bundle and has been paid for it, he has no more right to it and cannot duplicate it on his own motion.

From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Clark Wissler