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Object Number
39-30-10/18171
Display Title
Skin pouch with porcupine quill decoration
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bag, square, quilled, buffalo head design on front, fringed sides, top, bottom
Classification
- Bag
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sisseton
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials
Leather, Porcupine quill
Dimensions
Overall: 29 x 21 x 0.7 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-30-10/18171
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Henry M. Wheelwright
(1901)
Intermediary
Mrs. Henry M. Wheelwright
(? - ?)
Donor
Mrs. Ruth E. Wheelwright
(? - 1939)
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