Pipe Bag
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Plains
late 19th century
Deer leather, glass beads, porcupine quills, tin, dye, horse hair, and sinew
Overall: 26 3/4 × 6 1/8 in. (68 × 15.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexis Chapman Proctor, Class of 1918
49.25.12270
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
Inscriptions
Marks: "Sitting Bull" written in ink.
Provenance
J.N.C. Young, St. Paul, Minnesota; sold to Alexis Proctor, Franklin, New Hampshire, 1882; to Alexis Chapman Proctor (1895-1979, Class of 1918), Franklin, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1949.
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