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Object Number
99-12-10/53104.3
Display Title
Bladder bag
Descriptions
Object Description
Mammal (bison?) bladder lined with bison hair, formerly attached to pipe stem 99-12-10/53104.2. Decorated with a conical piece of quilled hide with attached tinklers. Unlike most bladder bags, the quilled neck of this container has no aperture, and it does not appear to open; it may have been a tobacco pouch or rattle. See conservation report for additional information.
Inventory Description
Bladder pouch, quillwork neck, quillwrapped leather, tinkler, hair decoration
Classification
- Pouch
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1800-1850
Culture
- Yankton?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 86.5 x 16.5 x 11 cm (34 1/16 x 6 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
99-12-10/53104.3
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner
Peale Museum
(Unknown - Unknown)
Owner
David Kimball
(Unknown - 1873)
Collector
Lt. George Christian Hutter
(Unknown - Unknown)
Collector
William Clark
(Unknown - Unknown)
Collector
Thomas Jefferson
(Unknown - Unknown)
Collector
Meriwether Lewis
(Unknown - Unknown)
Donor
David Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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