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Object Number
985-27-10/60195
Display Title
Sioux possible bag. Made from hide. Unevenly shaped flap over opening. Front alm
Descriptions
Object Description
Sioux possible bag. Made from hide. Unevenly shaped flap over opening. Front almost entirely covered w/ lazystitch beadwork, mostly in light blue w/ rectangular bands of yellow, green, red and blue. Beadwork up sides and some on flap. Tassles of tinklers w/ tuffs of hair. 42.1x27.3 cm.
Inventory Description
Bag, rectangular shape, beaded bands of blue, yellowandred, flap w/ tinklers, ha
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 43 x 29 x 3.6 cm (16 15/16 x 11 7/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60195, 34273
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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