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Object Number 30-69-10/K34
Display Title Charm Bag
Descriptions
Object Description Beaded charm bag. "Indian maiden's pin cushion."
Inventory Description Bag, small square, beaded flap, metal tinklers and hair tassles, cloth inside
Classification
  • Bag
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: 10 x 8 x 3.6 cm (3 15/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object K34
Provenance
Collector James McLaughlin (1883 ca. (?))
Intermediary Mary T. Hemenway (1883 ca.)
Donor Old South Church of Boston (1930)

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