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Pipe and tobacco bag of skin
Object Number 36-68-10/6144
Display Title Pipe and tobacco bag of skin
Descriptions
Object Description Pipe and tobacco bag of skin--decorated with bead and reed work, metal band around each piece of leather finge and what remains of hair
Inventory Description Pipe bag, rectangular, beaded designs, quill and tinkler extensions, fringed
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Additional Geographic Terms Plains
Materials Leather, Glass, Metal tinkler, Porcupine quill, Horsehair
Dimensions Overall: 90 x 10 x 0.8 cm (35 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-68-10/6144
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Miss Lilias D. Page (1936)

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