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Object Number
985-27-10/59381
Display Title
Strike-a-light pouch. Made from leather. Front covered w/ beadwork
Descriptions
Object Description
Strike-a-light pouch. Made from leather. Front covered w/ beadwork. White ground w/ geometric designs in blue of crosses, triangles and diamonds. Also beaded up side. Tinkler fringe at bottom. Semicircular flap w/ row of beads along edge. Tie through flap. 12.6x9.5 cm.
Inventory Description
Bag, Beaded front, white background, blue/red, metal tinklers on ends and flap
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Leather, Glass, Metal tinkler, Tinkler
Dimensions
Overall: 12.8 x 9.5 x 1.6 cm (5 1/16 x 3 3/4 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
985-27-10/59381
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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