medicine bags
Sacred healing containers
Medicine bags are small pouches worn or carried by Indigenous peoples of North America, containing objects of spiritual significance—herbs, stones, feathers, or other items believed to offer protection, healing, or connection to the spirit world.
The contents are personal and often kept private.
He never traveled without his medicine bag.
The tradition has been appropriated in New Age contexts, sometimes controversially.
- pouchSmall flexible bag
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- sacred objectItem of religious reverence
- herbsPlants for seasoning
- leatherTanned animal skin
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- ancient artifactsjade mask, Viking sword, bronze sculptures, antiquities, Roman coin
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medicine bagsprescription bottles
Containers for dispensed medicine
blister packs · IV bags · pill organizers · first aid kits · medical kits
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