pipe bag

Buckskin pipe or tobacco bag with integral fringing at the base, and a skin draw-string. It is decorated with areas of polychrome beadwork at the top, and a wide band at the base, with a geometric design of triangles and crosses on a white ground on one side, and a depiction of the American flag and two cowboys on the other. The fringing is partly covered with quill-work below the beaded section.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
25.42
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 900 mm x 165 mm x 48 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
leather; beads; quills
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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