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Quilled and beaded hide pipe bag with bear paw design
Unidentified
Beaded and quilled leather pipe bag with fringe
Unidentified
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Beaded and quilled leather pipe bag / Unidentified

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Essay/Description

Leather, beaded pipe bag with white background with blue and green design, red quill work ending in fringe.

Curatorial Remarks

This pipe bag appears to be Sioux due to its elaborate decorations.

Tags: beadwork, quillwork, pipe bag, red, green, white
People: Probably Sioux
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: ceremonial use

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

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Title(s): 
Beaded and quilled leather pipe bag
Creator(s): 
Unidentified (Author)
Culture: 
Native American; Cheyenne or Oc'eti S'akowin (Sioux)
Date: 
circa 1900
Materials/Techniques: 
hide, glass, quill
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Pipe Bag
Accession No: 
84.490
Previous Number(s): 
8427.490; 32305
Department: 
Anthropology
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