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Object Number
985-27-10/60147
Display Title
Crow tobacco medicine bag. Wide fringe up sides; beadwork, red pigment
Descriptions
Object Description
Crow tobacco medicine bag. Folded over & sewn up sides. Wide fringe up sides. 3 vertical lazystitch bead designs down front. Per Claflin, they represent tobacco plants. Beaded. Fringe on front of deer(?) hooves w/ cloth & one ribbon hanging out of them. Traces of red pigment. 44.1x30 cm.
Inventory Description
Bag, beaded blue and white strp designs, deer hoof, wool and leather fringe
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1899?
Culture
- Crow
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Montana?
Materials
Leather, Glass, Animal hoof, Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 44.1 x 30 cm (17 3/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60147; 24.641
Provenance
Collector
William Wildschut
(? - ?)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(? - 1985)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(? - 1985)
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