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Object Number
40-69-10/22727
Display Title
Skin pipe & tobacco case - decorated with beads and porcupine quills
Descriptions
Object Description
Skin pipe & tobacco case - decorated at top & sides with small blue beads; at bottom with beaded pattern in colors; fringe wrapped with red & green porcupine quills
Inventory Description
Pipe bag, leather, beadwork edging and panel, quill-wrapped paperboard fringe
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Southeastern Ojibwa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms
Great Lakes Region
Dimensions
Overall: 54 x 14 x 0.8 cm (21 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-69-10/22727
Provenance
Owner
Mrs. J. H. Knapp
(08/01/1940)
Collector
Mr. J. H. Knapp
(01/01/1880-01/01/1890)
Intermediary
Dr. Carleton Stevens Coon
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