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Beaded buckskin pouch with long flap / Unknown

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Curatorial Remarks

This may have been used to hold a chief peyote. It may have also been used to hold a pocket watch. This pouch may have been made by Mohonk Lodge. The design in the beadwork is typical for Mescalero Apache beadwork.

Tags: bag, pouch, leather, beadwork, red, blue, black, white
People: Apache, possibly Mescalero
Places: Southwest, Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use, commercial sale

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

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Title(s): 
Beaded buckskin pouch with long flap
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Apache, Chiricahua (artist and user)
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
buckskin, glass
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Pouch
Accession No: 
84.930
Previous Number(s): 
8437.930
Department: 
Anthropology
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