Culture/People:

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Previous owner:

William M. Fitzhugh (William MacPherson Fitzhugh), Non-Indian, 1853-1929  Search this

Seller:

Estate of William M. Fitzhugh  Search this

Object Name:

Tobacco bag

Media/Materials:

Buffalo hide/skin (calf), glass bead/beads, porcupine quills

Techniques:

Quilled (lane stitched), quill-wrapped (flat), lazy/lane stitch beadwork, edge beaded, overlay beadwork

Object Type:

Pipes and Smoking

Place:

Plains; USA, Canada (inferred)

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of William M. Fitzhugh (1853-1929, a San Francisco collector); purchased by MAI from the estate of William M. Fitzhugh in 1936.

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Catalog Number:

19/3287

Barcode:

193287.000

See related items:

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)

Pipes and Smoking

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws665e855df-b80f-4095-96fa-d1cc5025c513

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_205939