Bag

Pouch

37591

From: United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 37591
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 Skin
Description

Wa-se-sa-a-zu-ha (indigenous word for object name). Brown buckskin bag tied with a thin buckskin cord and decorated with a line of orange and purple quillwork. The quilling runs down one side of the bag, around the bottom of the bag, and then back up the same side. The reverse side is undecorated.

Length 25.4 cm
Credit Line John Wanamaker Expedition, 1900; R. Stewart Culin, 1900

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