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Beaded pipe bag decorated with feathers and bells / Unidentified

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Essay/Description

Pipe bag decorated with feathers, brass bells, brass beads, small and large glass beads, with yellow pigment.

Curatorial Remarks

Pipe bags are also sometimes called tobacco bags. This bag may have been particularly symbolically unique because of its elaborate decorations.

Tags: pipe bag, beadwork, bell, feather
People: Arapaho
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: ceremonial events

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Beaded pipe bag decorated with feathers and bells
Creator(s): 
Unidentified (Author)
Culture: 
Native American; Arapaho, Southern
Date: 
circa 1890
Materials/Techniques: 
feathers, brass, glass, pigment, hide
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Pipe Bag
Accession No: 
84.481
Previous Number(s): 
8426.481; 15644
Department: 
Anthropology
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