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Object Number
30-69-10/K21A
Display Title
Mirror case with paint bags attached
Descriptions
Object Description
Mirror case with paint bags attached; porcupine quilled and bead decorated on buffalo hide; mirror is inside case
Inventory Description
Bag, flat, quilled, quill and tinkler extensions, quilled strap, wood, mirror
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
North Dakota?
North America / United States / South Dakota?
North America / United States / South Dakota?
Additional Geographic Terms
Standing Rock Agency
Dimensions
Overall: 34 x 11 x 1.3 cm (13 3/8 x 4 5/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
K21
Provenance
Collector
James McLaughlin
(1883 ca. (?))
Intermediary
Mary T. Hemenway
(1883 ca.)
Donor
Old South Church of Boston
(1930)
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