DCHP-1 Online
medicine robe Obs. 
among Plains Indians, an animal hide, as that of a buffalo, on which were symbolically represented the wearer's war deeds.
- 1873 (1904) Its tail formed an ornament for his tent, its inner skin a book in which to sketch the brave deeds of his life, the "medicine robe" of his history.
- 1873 (1904) Its tail formed an ornament for his tent, its inner skin a book in which to sketch the brave deeds of his life, the "medicine robe" of his history.