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Tipi Bag or Possible Bag

Arts of the Americas

CULTURES Sioux or Cheyenne
MEDIUM Hide, beads, metal, horse hair, feathers, porcupine quills, ochre, sinew
  • Place Made: Plains, United States
  • DATES 19th century
    DIMENSIONS 14 1/2 x 20 in. (36.8 x 50.8 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
    ACCESSION NUMBER X1111.2
    CREDIT LINE Brooklyn Museum Collection
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Cheyenne or Sioux tipi or possible bag because of the stripe quill pattern and Arapaho, Gros Ventre for the edges of the beadwork. It is a very nice example even if the flap isn't decorated. There is some yellow ochre rubbed into the hide. Venetian beads and sinew sewn.Tipi or possible bag beaded on one side with metal jingles, dyed horsehair decorations, dyed feathers, and porcupine quill decorations. Really nice example with intact quillwork.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Sioux. Tipi Bag or Possible Bag, 19th century. Hide, beads, metal, horse hair, feathers, porcupine quills, ochre, sinew, 14 1/2 x 20 in. (36.8 x 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1111.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1111.2_view1.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.X1111.2_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006
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    Sioux. <em>Tipi Bag or Possible Bag</em>, 19th century. Hide, beads, metal, horse hair, feathers, porcupine quills, ochre, sinew, 14 1/2 x 20 in. (36.8 x 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1111.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X1111.2_view1.jpg)