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Object Number 30-69-10/K30
Display Title Tipi Bags
Descriptions
Object Description Pair of packing bags of buffalo skin. Purchased of Sitting Bull's sister.
Inventory Description 2 identical tipi bags, geometric bead and fabric designs, horsehair tinklers
Classification
  • Package and Container
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Dakota?
North America / United States / South Dakota?
Additional Geographic Terms Standing Rock Agency
Dimensions Overall: 61 x 34 x 5 cm (24 x 13 3/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-69-10/K30
Provenance
Owner Sitting Bull's sister (?)
Collector James McLaughlin (1883 ca. (?))
Intermediary Mary T. Hemenway (1883 ca.)
Donor Old South Church of Boston (1930)

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