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Object Number
987-16-10/71178
Display Title
Pipe Bag
Descriptions
Object Description
Pipe bag. Center section of bag solid beadwork of white ground with pattern of triangles with lines of red, dark blue, turquoise, irridescent black. Top section of bag has vertical border of beads in red & dark blue blocks on white. 1 bead deep border red, white and blue around opening. Bottom section is leather strips wrapped in quills in red & white inverted "W". Leather fringe at end. Both sides of bag same pattern & colors. Leather strap at top for hanging.
Inventory Description
Pipe bag, red,white,blue geometric designs, red, white quilled fringe
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
After 1870
Culture
- Teton?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
North America / United States
North America / United States
Materials
Leather, Glass, Quill, Bead
Dimensions
Overall: 75.5 x 17.8 x 1 cm (29 3/4 x 7 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
987-16-10/71178
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. James Hawks in memory of her husband, James Dudley Hawks II, Class of 1943
Provenance
Collector
Edward Allerton Hawks
(1910-1916)
Donor
Mrs. James Dudley Hawks
(9/23/1987)
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