Dakota quillwork tobacco pouch

Titles: Dakota quillwork tobacco pouch (Supplied title)

Description: A Dakota leather tobacco pouch with beadwork, quillwork and twisted buckskin fringe, circa 1880. The pouch is composed of a rectangular bag of leather with a heavily fringed and beaded triangular drop at the top, Xs and horseshoes beaded on the body, and beaded panels featuring a curved square motif in red, yellow, and blue, on a lane-stitched white background. The bag has a quill wrapped fringe with red hourglass shapes outlined in blue on a yellow background which terminates in free flowing twisted leather fringe. The pouch was presented as a gift to Dr. Nathan Hurd at the Lower Brule Reservation in South Dakota.

Dates

• Approximately 1880 (Creation)

Creation

• received by: Hurd, Dr. Nathan Reynolds

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 9539.7

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 55 inches length
• 6 3/4 inches width

Subjects

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