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Object Number
985-27-10/59420
Display Title
Sioux tobacco bag. Piece of buckskin folded over and sewn up near side and above
Descriptions
Object Description
Sioux tobacco bag. Piece of buckskin folded over and sewn up near side and above fringes. Lazystitch beadwork. Band of beads up sides and around neck. Quilled tassle decoration near neck on one side. Wide area of beads above fringe. Top portion of fringe is rawhide. 63.2x12.5 cm.
Inventory Description
Pipe bag, beaded and quilled geometric designs on leather, fringed
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Glass, Leather, Quill
Dimensions
Overall: 62.5 x 13.6 x 0.7 cm (24 5/8 x 5 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59420; 34247; 56
Provenance
Provenance
Iron Elk
(1878-1893)
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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