pipe bag

Buckskin pipe and tobacco bag with an integral fringing at the bottom. The bag is draw-string. It is decorated with polychrome beading at the top, as well as covering the vertical seam. There is also a wide geometric band at the bottom. The fringing is covered with quill-work in an open-work area just below the beaded section. Label: one small green tag.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
25.41
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 846 mm x 129 mm x 13 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
skin; beads; quills
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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