Pipe Bag
45-15-893
From: Great Plains (Plain)
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 45-15-893 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Great Plains (Plain) |
Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Elk Hide (uncertain) | Buffalo Hide (uncertain) | Glass | Quill | Pigment |
Description | Yellow elk or buffalo hide. Broad beaded band on both faces. Light blue ground. Design: two pairs of yellow triangles joined at their apex with a red cross bar. Line of small squares down center. Reverse: four two-pronged yellow figures and 3 "stars." Beaded "plumes" above the band. Pendant: two concentric oblongs, purple, yellow and red on red ground. |
Length | 84 cm |
Width | 17 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
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