Pipe Bag

38247

From: Dakotas

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38247
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sioux
Provenience Dakotas
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Buckskin | Bead | Quill | Tin | Hair
Description

Buckskin bag dyed yellow. Beaded panels on both sides of geometric designs in red, green and blue on white ground. Edges lined with beads. Opening lined with white, red and blue beads. Bottom has panel of quill strips in red, yellow and purple with buckskin fringe hanging below. Red horsehair tinklers attach between quills and fringe at bottom.

Length 50.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Thomas B. Donaldson; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1901

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