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Beaded leather pipe bag with fringe / Unknown

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A pipe bag with geometric decorations in white, black, red, blue, yellow beads.

Curatorial Remarks

Standard example of a pipe bag with a beaded panel covering the lower quarter of the bag, and one narrow beaded strip along the side.

Tags: beadwork, pipe bag, fringe, white, red, blue
People: Possibly Arapaho or Cheyenne
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: ceremonial use

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Beaded leather pipe bag with fringe
Creator(s): 
Unidentified (Author)
Culture: 
Native American; possibly Arapaho or Cheyenne
Date: 
circa 1880
Materials/Techniques: 
semi-tanned hide, glass, sinew
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Pipe Bag
Accession No: 
84.501
Previous Number(s): 
8426.501; 28984
Department: 
Anthropology
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