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Object Number
985-27-10/59418
Display Title
Sioux pipe bag. Long piece of buckskin folded over. Sewn up side and along botto
Descriptions
Object Description
Sioux pipe bag. Long piece of buckskin folded over. Sewn up side and along bottom. Most of bag undecorated. Band of lazystitch beadwork up each side and around neck. Above fringe are 4 rows of beads. Top portion of fringe is wrapped w/ red quills. 65.6x14.9 cm.
Inventory Description
Bag, Leather with gold, blue, red beaded design, quill extensions, fringe, bead
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 65 x 15 x 0.7 cm (25 9/16 x 5 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59418, 34243
Provenance
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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