Pipe Bag

CG010290-2531

From: United States of America | South Dakota

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number	CG010290-2531
Current Location	Collections Storage
Culture	Lakota
Provenience	United States of America \| South Dakota
Culture Area	Great Plains Culture Area
Period	Late 19th Century
Date Made	ca. 1880 CE
Section	American
Materials	Hide \| Bead \| Dentalium \| Hair \| Metal \| Bell \| Pigment
Description	Large pipe bag beaded front and back with beaded pendant hanging on front. Design on recto is Double Woman: two female figures in green dresses connected at the waist by a blue cord and holding a mirror suspended between them, dragonfly and two pipes above the figures and a lizard below. Design on verso is two male deer facing in opposite directions: upper deer is half light blue and half yellow with dark blue hooves, lower deer is dark blue, two pipes appear above the deer. Pendant decorated with geometric designs (inverted stepped pyramids).
Height	114.3 cm
Width	17.78 cm
Other Number	110 (tag) - Other Number \| ED716 - Museum Education Number \| CG1990-2531 - Found in Collection Number \| CG090290-2531 - Found in Collection Number

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