pipe bag

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

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
25.47
Date
circa 1870 - 1875
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 779 mm x 176 mm x 63 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
hide; beads; porcupine quills
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > Americas > North American Plains
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