Bag
Pouch
37622
From: United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Can-Ko-Zu-Ha |
Object Number | 37622 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Yankton | Dakota | Sioux |
Provenience | United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation |
Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Buckskin | Quill | Tin | Feather | Fiber |
Description | Leather tobacco pouch decorated with quill and glass beads. The mouth of the bag is lined with black cloth and red quill, with blocks of yellow and green quillwork within the red. There is leather fringe surrounding the mouth of the bag and the edges of the bag where it was sewn together. The front of the bag is decorated with horizontal lines of red quillwork, and a band of white beads, accented with black and yellow geometric patterns. The back of the bag has four 25cm-long tassels and two leather straps attached to the mouth of the bag. The tassels are wrapped in red quill, Blue feathers are fastened to the end of each tassel with metal bands. The back of the bag is otherwise undecorated. |
Length | 25.4 cm |
Width | 15.3 cm |
Credit Line | John Wanamaker Expedition, 1900; R. Stewart Culin, 1900 |
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