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Bag

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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Pow Wow Mercury Filled Bags
Object ID
P.97.11.02
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Pow Wow Mercury Filled Bags
Description
Three small bags created from blue and white ticking fabric, filled with mercury and nails and tied at the neck with string or yarn. Used in pow wowing, the bags were hung in cow stalls to protect from hexes. (Wendell Zercher)
Provenance
The sale catalog states that the bags were found in 1961 in a barn on Route 23 in Bareville, Lancaster County.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 2
Storage Cabinet
Unit 13
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Object Name
Bag
Dimension Details
3 t0 3.5 inches high
approx. 1 inch wide
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
1997-06-06
Condition Notes
Heavily soiled fabric.
Object ID
P.97.11.02
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Bag

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/bc134fc7-9759-4633-bff9-157368755617
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2002.036
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Collection
General Collection
Description
Coin deposit bag, light tan, plain weave cloth printed in red letters, "Northern Trust & / Savings
Co. / Lancaster, Pa" cotton tie ribbon at opening knotted through left-hand side of bag.
Made By
Continent Bag Company
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum North
Storage Wall
East Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 07
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Subcategory
Merchandising T&E
Object Name
Bag
Oither Names
Bank Bag
Material
Cotton
Height (in)
9.5
Width (in)
5.75
Condition
Excellent
Object ID
2002.036
Usage
Northern Trust and Savings Company
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2002.036
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