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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