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Beaded hide pipe bag with blue dyed fringe / Unknown

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This is not a pipe bag. It is a dispatch bag made with commercial leather. Dispatch bags were supposedly used to carry messages back and forth. The front flap indicates that this is probably not a pipe bag.

Tags: fringe, blue
People: Cheyenne
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: commercial sale

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

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Title(s): 
Beaded hide pipe bag with blue dyed fringe
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Cheyenne; Southern
Date: 
19th century - 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
brass, silver, dye, hide, glass
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Pipe Bag
Accession No: 
84.549
Previous Number(s): 
8426.549; 13087
Department: 
Anthropology
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