Pipe Bag

58-19-3

From: North America

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 58-19-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sioux (uncertain)
Provenience North America
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Buckskin | Quill | Bead | Tin | Feather
Description

Buckskin. Small. Decorated on one surface only. Hourglass design in porcupine quills (green, yellow, blue, red, and purple). Narrow border of "seed" beads in white, blue, and red. Short quill-wrapped rawhide fringe ending in "tinklers" with red-dyed feathers. Buckskin draw cord at top.

Length 36 cm
Width 19.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1958

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