Pipebag
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected between 1855 and 1871 at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, by Thomas S. Twiss (ca. 1802-1871, U.S. Indian agent for the upper Platte River); acquired by Daisy M. Barnett (1874-1937) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from Daisy Barnett in 1918 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1840-1850
- Catalog Number
- 8/8037
- Barcode
- 088037.000
- Culture/People
- Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
- Collector
- Thomas S. Twiss (Thomas S. Triss), Non-Indian, ca. 1802-1871
- Previous owner
- Thomas S. Twiss (Thomas S. Triss), Non-Indian, ca. 1802-1871
- Daisy M. Barnett, Non-Indian, 1874-1937
- Seller
- Daisy M. Barnett, Non-Indian, 1874-1937
- Presenter/funding source
- Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
- Object Type
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
- Object Name
- Pipebag
- Media/Materials
- Hide, glass bead/beads, porcupine quills, metal cones, horsehair, pigment/pigments, sinew
- Techniques
- Sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, edge beaded , quill-wrapped (flat), painted
- Dimensions
- 91.7 x 14.4 x 2.5 cm
- Place
- Fort Laramie; Goshen County; Wyoming; USA
- See related items
- Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
- On View
- NMAI, Washington DC: Nation to Nation, Serious Diplomacy
- Record ID
- NMAI_95129
