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Beaded leather pipe bag with fringe and metal cones / Unknown

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Curatorial Remarks

This design is unusual because it has large, single elements in a white band. That is atypical of Cheyenne beadwork. This pipe bag may be Sioux.

Tags: pipe bag, beadwork, fringe, maroon, red, blue, green
People: Possibly Cheyenne or Sioux
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 and metal cones
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; possibly Oc'eti S'akowin (Sioux)
Date: 
1890
Materials/Techniques: 
metal, glass, hide
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Pipe Bag
Accession No: 
84.512
Previous Number(s): 
8426.512; 36364
Department: 
Anthropology
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