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Object Number
30-69-10/K37
Display Title
Pipe bag
Descriptions
Object Description
Pipe bag. "Tobacco Pouch. Carried by the Sioux Chief "Sitting Bull' on September 5th, 1883 when at Bismarck, Dakota, at the reception given to the Villard excursionists and the ceremony of laying the Corner Stone of the Capital of Dakota, and at which time members of the Villard and Rufus Hatch excursion parties offered him ten dollars for this pouch but he then declined parting with it."
Inventory Description
Pipe bag, beaded and quill on leather, leather fringe partially wrapped w/ quill
Classification
- Package and Container
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Additional Geographic Terms
Standing Rock Agency
Materials
Leather, Bead, Glass, Quill, Horsehair
Dimensions
Overall: 76 x 25 x 1 cm (29 15/16 x 9 13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
K37
Provenance
Owner
Chief Sitting Bull
(ca. 1883)
Collector
James McLaughlin
(ca. 1883)
Collector
Mary T. Hemenway
(1883 ca. (?))
Intermediary
Old South Church of Boston
(1930)
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