Pipe
Tobacco Bag
37994
From: United States of America | New Mexico
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 37994 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Navajo |
Provenience | United States of America | New Mexico |
Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Buckskin | Glass |
Description | Buckskin tobacco bag with beaded decoration at the lower end on one side. Designs are of horizontal bands of red and white beads above vertical red, white, and blue beads that follow the contours of the bag and narrow toward the bottom. The bottom of the bag has alternating segments of yellow and red beads. The reverse is beaded only at the upper edge with two bands of red and white beads in an interlocking triangle pattern. |
Length | 59.69 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Thomas B. Donaldson; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1901 |
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