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Object Number 987-16-10/71177
Display Title Pipe Bag
Descriptions
Object Description Pipe Bag. Quality of work & bead colors + lazy stitch probably equals W. Sioux; simple geometric design reminiscent of early period 1850-1875.
Inventory Description Pipe bag, beaded geometric design on blue, red and orange quill, fringe
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Date After 1870
Culture
  • Teton?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
North America / Canada
Dimensions Overall: 81.6 x 15.5 x 0.8 cm (32 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 987-16-10/71177
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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