Tobacco Bag
Inunaina (Arapaho)
Northern Arapaho
Central Plains
Plains
about 1860
Native tanned hide, glass beads, sinew
Overall: 28 1/2 × 4 3/4 × 2 in. (72.4 × 12.1 × 5.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund, the William S. Rubin Fund, the Julia L. Whittier Fund, and the Phyllis and Bertram Geller 1937 Memorial Fund
2009.66
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Bag
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Course History
WRIT 5, On Poor Taste, William Boyer, Winter 2015
Exhibition History
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
Provenance
Private collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico; sold to present collection, 2009.
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