Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCPB130

Category: Bag, Tobacco

Region: Plains

Tribe: Sioux

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Buckskin, quills, seed and glass beads, tin cones, feathers.

Description: Soft buckskin with beaded designs on one side and quilled designs on the other. Long quilled drops, with feather stuffed tin cones, hang from the mouth, which is beaded. Quilled slats, with long fringe, hang from the bottom.

Dimensions: Length 36 inches width 7 inches

References:

Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, pp 122

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