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Quillwork buckskin tobacco pouch
Description Buckskin tobacco pouch has strips of rawhide attached that are covered with quillwork. Beadwork and vertical strips of rawhide fringe decorate its surface. The pouch reportedly was a gift from the Lakota chief Sitting Bull to Indian agent Major J. M. Stone, but may also have been used by Yankton Dakota in the vicinity of Yankton, South Dakota, where the pouch was ultimately collected.
Quantity 1 item
Format Content Category: artifacts
Nomenclature Pouch
Subjects Received by: Stone, Major J. M., Indian agent
Given by: Sitting Bull, Chief
Collected in Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, United States
Used by (possibly) Lakota Indians
Used by (possibly) Yankton Dakota
Indian. Clothing. Accessories. Bags & Pouches. Pipe & Tobacco
Dates Creation: Not earlier than 1874 - Not later than 1890
Credit Line Minnesota Historical Society Collections
Holding Type 3D Objects
ID Number 6482.6