Pipe Bag

NA8378

From: Great Plains (Plain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8378
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience Great Plains (Plain)
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Buckskin | Bead | Quill
Description

Light colored buckskin bag with beaded panels on either side. One panel is geometric designs in blue, yellow, red and green on white ground. The reverse has a different geometric design in the same colors. Buckskin tie at the back near the top. Repair at top. Thin beaded bands of red, blue and white run up the sides. The opening is beaded in red, blue and white. Quill wrapped buckskin fringe hangs below with quills dyed red and white forming four rectangles. Fringe damaged.

Length 99 cm
Width 19 cm
Credit Line Gift of William K. Jewett, 1918

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