Pipe Bag

39-18-7

From: United States of America | South Dakota | Pine Ridge Reservation

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 39-18-7
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Oglala
Provenience United States of America | South Dakota | Pine Ridge Reservation
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Buckskin | Quill | Tin | Feather
Description

Buckskin. Large; decorated with dyed porcupine quills. Upper two-thirds sewed into buckskin in red, white and purple lines. Some pendants of red down attached with metal bangles. At base, square of rawhide strips covered with quills in pink, white, orange and purple. Long buckskin fringe at bottom. Designs differ to front and back. Those on one side very much faded; other side slightly.

Length 105 cm
Width 25 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Robert Frazier, 1939

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