Tobacco Bag
CultureSouthern Arapaho, Oklahoma
Dateca. 1890
MediumNative tanned leather, glass and metal beads, and native pigment
DimensionsOverall: 35 3/4 × 6 1/2 inches (90.81 × 16.51 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: Donald D. Jones Fund for American Indian Art
Object number2004.7
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DescriptionVertical leather bag, heavily fringed at bottom below a panel of embroidered glass beadwork depicting turtles, thunderbirds, and pipes on a white background. Upper bag terminates in four flaps.Published ReferencesTorrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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