Caption Reads: This mide bag of otterskin, containing medicinal charms, a few migis shells, and herbs, is embellished with appliqued beadwork, bells, and thimbles. It belonged to a member of the Winnebago Midewiwin Society, an organization of healers. This type of Mide bag was derived from a myth in which four spirit-beings, each carrying a live otter, suddenly appeared among the tribesmen and brought back to life a youth who had been dead for eight days. A Mide bag was highly prized by its owner and was buried with him.