Pipe Bag
63-8-27
From: United States of America
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 63-8-27 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Arapaho |
Provenience | United States of America |
Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Buckskin | Quill | Tin | Hair | Bead |
Description | Deerskin; thongs at top; also tassel of 3 thongs wrapped in purple and yellow quills with tin jinglers and purple hair. Lower third of one side of bag fully beaded in 3 vertical rows of bands; center band has different colors-alternate blue, edged with dark blue, and green with yellow. Two side bands alternately green and red horizontal stripes. Top and bottom bands red; 4 isolated lines from beaded areas; blue, red and yellow; side stripe light and dark blue, red and yellow; opening wrapped in red, blue, yellow and green with dark blue between each. Other side; 2 designs on yellow background, designs are large rectangles with 2 caved-in sides in red edged (on outsides) with blue and with small squares in light blue and dark green on either side. Also has 4 stripes leading up from solid beading. Rigid strips at bottom wrapped in purple quills with blue beads at base between strips; below is long fringe. Beading in lazy stitch. |
Length | 95.7 cm |
Width | 18.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert Pemberton, 1963 |
Other Number | L-260-27 - Old Loan Number |
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