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Object Number
969-47-10/50200
Display Title
Soft deerskin fire pouch (used to carry tobacco and long-stemmed pipe)
Descriptions
Object Description
Soft deerskin fire pouch (used to carry tobacco and long-stemmed pipe); bottom fringed and beaded in yelow background with black, white, red, blue squars
Inventory Description
Rectangular shaped pouch, block beaded design, fringed ends, gathered at top
Classification
- Pouch
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux?
- Plains Cree?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Additional Geographic Terms
Woodland Area
Materials
Leather, Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 80 x 14 x 0.7 cm (31 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
969-47-10/50200
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(?)
Intermediary
Pres. Mary Bunting
Donor
Mary I. Decker
(? - Dec. 22 1969)
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