Paint Bag
| Object Number: | 45-15-759A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Oglala |
| Provenience: | Dakotas |
| Culture Area: | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Buckskin Glass Pigment |
| Technique: | Smoked Beaded |
| Length: | 13.8 cm |
| Width: | 7 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
| Other Number: | CG920408-2477 - Found in Collection Number |
Description
Buckskin, smoke-tanned and fringed, solidly beaded square on each face and narrow bands along sides. Design on face: 4 tipis joined at tips, leaving central diamond of white ground. Reverse: concentric quadrangle penetrated by tips of two small tipis, 4 red tipis on bag containing yellow paint, blue tipis on bag with red paint.
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