Pitts River museum visit

In a display cabinet in the @pittriversmuseum in Oxford in the UK. The tag reads N. America Plains Indian Medicine Man Pouch.

The visceral reaction I had to this was multilayered : shock then horror then fear then disgust then anger then shame then sorrow.

I ignorantly believed that the handcrafted & personal sacred objects of indigenous people would be globally respected for what they are : sacred.

How naive.

In understanding the symbolic power & significance of a medicine bag I can't imagine these were consensually given to a British museum.

A deeper wake up call to #educateevolveembody

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