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Object Number
985-27-10/60243
Display Title
Plains tobacco bag, possibly Sioux.
Descriptions
Object Description
Plains tobacco bag, possibly Sioux. Band of lazystitch beadwork in green, blue and white up sides, around neck and along bottom. Quilled area above fringe, 5 rows. Fringe top is quill wrapped rawhide, loose fringe below. 107.4x16.8 cm.
Inventory Description
Pipe bag, quill design on bottom, quilled/twisted leather extensions, bead ban
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Montana
Additional Geographic Terms
Little Bighorn
Dimensions
Overall: 104 x 16.5 x 0.6 cm (40 15/16 x 6 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60243; 34264; 51017
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(07/1930)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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