Pipe Bag

NA2439

From: North America

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA2439
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sioux
Provenience North America
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Buckskin | Glass | Quill
Description

Buckskin pipe bag with two beaded panels. One panel is a rectangle surrounded by four crosses in red, blue, green and yellow on white ground. Quilled skin below the panels in red and green, with cut fringe below that. Upper end of cut fringe has clear and blue beads. Reverse panel has triangular designs surrounded by horseshoe shapes in dark and light blue, green, red and yellow. Vertical beading around the sides and the opening.

Length 105.5 cm
Width 17.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Archibald Barklie, 1915

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