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Object Number 39-30-10/18204
Display Title Saddle bag made of deerskin. Quill and bead decoration.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Leather saddle bag, polychrome quillwork, red feather deco., tinklers, hair, bea
Classification
  • Saddle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
  • Brule Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions Overall: 53 x 37.5 x 8 cm (20 7/8 x 14 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-30-10/18204
Provenance
Collector Mr. Henry M. Wheelwright (1901)
Intermediary Mrs. Henry M. Wheelwright (? - ?)
Donor Mrs. Ruth E. Wheelwright (? - 1939)

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