Lakota (Sioux)
Tobacco Bag
Lakota (Sioux), 1867
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Lakota (Sioux)
Tobacco Bag
Lakota (Sioux), 1867
Physical Qualities
Hide, glass and metal beads, porcupine quills, bells, horsehair, metal, 33 × 7 1/2 x 3 in. (83.8 × 19.1 x 7.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Richard W. Case, Sparks, Maryland
Object Number
1985.126
Ralph Case (father-in-law- of donor) collected beginning probably in early 30s, perhaps earlier. Acted as attorney for the Sioux nation in suit against U.S. Government from 1932 to 1966. Was born on a Sioux reservation (c. 1880s/90s); son of a frontier sheriff. (Information from donor, 1984)
