Bag

Museum number:
2-68409
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020068409
Accession number:
Acc.4067
Description:
(Saddle); canvas and leather, leather side is completely beaded in yellow, red, blue and green geometric designs on white background, red and yellow dyed horsehair tassels on sides and top, leather closure thongs on top and leather tie-down thongs on bottom, leather patch on canvas side, three bands of green, red, blue, and white beads on canvas flap.
Donor:
Alice Elizabeth Fitzhugh and William M. Fitzhugh Jr.
Collection place:
Northern Plains, Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northern Plains
Culture or time period:
Northern Plains tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
late 1900 - 1999
Context of use:
Late nineteenth century.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 25 centimeters and length 53 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-68409, described as (Saddle); canvas and leather, leather side is completely beaded in yellow, red, blue and green geometric designs on white background, red and yellow dyed horsehair tassels on sides and top, leather closure thongs on top and leather tie-down thongs on bottom, leather patch on canvas side, three bands of green, red, blue, and white beads on canvas flap.

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