Pipe Bag
45-15-895
From: Great Plains (Plain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 45-15-895 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Great Plains (Plain) |
| Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Elk Hide | Buffalo Hide | Bead | Quill |
| Description | Smoked elk or buffalo hid pipe bag. Beaded square on both faces. Design consists of a cross formed by two dark blue tipis and two yellow triangles with tips to red central square with white cross. Light blue ground. Reverse: two pairs of blue tipis with tops to green concentric squares, ground yellow. Buckskin fringe, quill-wrapped on upper part. |
| Length | 85.5 cm |
| Width | 15 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
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