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Catalog Number CAS 0583-0002   CAS 0583-0002; Pipe bag
Category Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name Pipe bag
Culture Lakota Sioux
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. North Dakota (?)
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture late 1800s to early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Leather; Glass beads; Dyed porcupine quills; Sinew
Description Pipe bag made from yellow dyed hide folded along bottom and sewn along sides; Lazy stitch beading around mouth, on sides, front, and back panels include designs of crosses, rectangles and triangles; Front beaded panel shows 4 arrow motifs, triangles and crosses in yellow, blue, red and green; Reverse beaded panel shows diamond abutted by right triangle "K" motifs in yellow, green, white, blue, and yellow; Hide slats below beaded panels are wrapped in dyed red quills; Tanned hide fringe extends from bottom of edges of quill-wrapped slats.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 16.3, Thickness = 0.8, Length = 43.0