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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Example Sentences

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 Wissler, Clark

My room was in the place of honor, beneath the sacred medicine bundle, on the far side of the lodge.

From A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Bennet, Robert Ames

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 Inman, Henry

He would dry the leaves and keep them, too, he decided, as part of his medicine bundle.

From Shaman by Shea, Robert

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 Wissler, Clark