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Object Number
985-27-10/59417
Display Title
Sioux tobacco bag. Piece of buckskin folded over & stitched w/ thread. Cloth tri
Descriptions
Object Description
Sioux tobacco bag. Piece of buckskin folded over & stitched w/ thread. Cloth trim at neck. Bag undecorated except for 3 rows of lazystitch beadwork above fringe. One side has white background w/ geometric designs in blues and green. Other side has blue background w/ green center band. 44.9x13.7 cm.
Inventory Description
Pipe bag, beaded strip, designed quill fringe, tinkler and hair tassles missing
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 44.5 x 13.5 x 0.5 cm (17 1/2 x 5 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
6
Label on object
985-27-10/59417, 34242
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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