Pipe Bag
NA8380B
From: United States of America
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | NA8380B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Sioux |
Provenience | United States of America |
Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Buckskin | Bead | Quill | Feather |
Description | Buckskin pipe bag, beaded panels on either side. One side has triangles and chevrons in dark and light blue, green, red, silver metal beads on white ground. The reverse has a central diamond surrounded by four joined triangles and crosses in similar colors. Quill wrapped strips of string hang below with white, yellow, purple and blue rectangles on red ground. Cut fringe hangs below that. Beaded around opening. Red bead and feather attachments above the beaded panels. |
Length | 44 cm |
Width | 15 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of William K. Jewett, 1918 |
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