Pipe Bag
NA3516
From: United States of America
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | NA3516 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Sioux |
Provenience | United States of America |
Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Buckskin | Glass | Quill | Hair | Tin |
Description | Buckskin pipe bag dyed yellow. Beaded panels on either side. One side has geometric designs in dark and light blue, red, green and yellow on white ground. The reverse panel has triangles and diamonds in blue, yellow, red and green on white ground. Quill wrapped strips of skin hang below the panels. Fringe hangs below. One side has a pocket attached with tinklers around the closure flap, as well as the bottom of the pocket. The pocket is beaded with triangles in green, red, yellow and blue on white ground. The opening is beaded and there are two twisted buckskin cords attached as well as two additional cords wrapped with yellow and red quills. Tinklers with red dyed horsehair attached. |
Length | 104 cm |
Width | 20 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Patrick Henry Ray, 1915 |
Other Number | G140 - Gordon Number |
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