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Object Number
985-27-10/60157
Display Title
Tobacco or pipe bag, possibly Sioux. Quilled decoration up sides & above fringe
Descriptions
Object Description
Tobacco or pipe bag, possibly Sioux. Quilled decoration up sides and above fringe. Top of fringe consists of quilled rawhide. Loose fringe attached at bottom. Quilled tassles w/ tinklers at top of bag. 80.2x13 cm.
Inventory Description
Pipe bag, quilled, designs, some curvilinear, quill and leather fringe, damaged
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux?
- Omaha?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 78 x 13 x 2.5 cm (30 11/16 x 5 1/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60157
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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