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Object Number
985-27-10/60109
Display Title
Blackfoot bag from a bladder. Decorated with beadwork, tinkler, and horsehair
Descriptions
Object Description
Blackfoot bag. Cylindrical shape made from a bladder. Wide leather piece around top and leather disk on base. Lazystitch beadwork on leather. Tinkler w/ horsehair fringe around bag below leather. Quilled leather tassle w/ tinkler and horsehair attached to center. Leather handle. 59.8x11.2 cm.
Inventory Description
Bag, bladder pouch w/ beaded leather cuff on top, circle on bottom, quill extens
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Blackfoot
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 48 x 16 x 8 cm (18 7/8 x 6 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60109, 24858
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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