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Colored hide bag with beaded designs and fringe / Emil William Lenders

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bag - beads | buckskin - Ponca

Curatorial Remarks

This bag is constructed like a miniature pipe bag. This may have been used as a paint bag which held facial paint.

Tags: beadwork, dye, bag, leather
People: Ponca
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use

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

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Title(s): 
Colored hide bag with beaded designs and fringe
Culture: 
Native American; Ponca (artist and user)
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
hide, glass
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Bag
Accession No: 
84.944
Previous Number(s): 
8426.944; 32043
Department: 
Anthropology
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