Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCPB704

Category: Bag, Tobacco

Region: Plains

Tribe: Sioux

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Buckskin, quills, glass beads.

Description: Central body of the bag is quilled with geometric designs front and back with quilled slats below and buckskin fringe hanging. The mouth is beaded. A Fred Harvey wax seal is tied to the bottom with a price of 17.50. The bag still contains tobacco.

Dimensions: Length 31 inches width 7.25 inches

Provenance:

Fred Harvey

References:

Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, pp 123

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