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Object Number
985-27-10/60170
Display Title
Yakima pipe or tobacco bag.
Descriptions
Object Description
Yakima pipe or tobacco bag. Made from leather. Lazystitch beadwork up sides and 2 rows around bottom. Shells interspersed. Fringe at opening. Fringe at bottom. Top portion of which is wrapped w/ quills. Most of bag covered w/ rust colored pigment. Some yellow near bottom. 48.9x12.1 cm.
Inventory Description
Bag, bucksin, fringed, multicolored glass beads, shells
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1899?
Culture
- Yakima
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Washington
Materials
Buckskin, Glass, Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 28 x 12 x 0.8 cm (11 x 4 3/4 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60170; 24557
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Redfield
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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