Pipe Bag
70-9-161
From: Great Plains (Plain)
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 70-9-161 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Great Plains (Plain) |
Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Leather | Bead | Hide | Quill | Tin | Hair |
Description | beaded. Long rectangular shape. Beaded on both sides. One half of the rectangle is beaded completely (the lower half) with a white background and geometric designs in red, green, blue and yellow. The upper half is only beaded around the rim with white, blue, green, and red geometric designs. The center of thsi rim is just plain leather. The bottom of the glove has strips of rawhide with quillwork wound around them sewn along the bottom edge. Below these hang rawhide tassles. Also a row of metal cones used as tassles, with some type of hair in them. |
Length | 51 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Width | 15 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
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