Lakota (Sioux)
Tobacco Bag
Lakota (Sioux), 1894
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Lakota (Sioux)
Tobacco Bag
Lakota (Sioux), 1894
Physical Qualities
Hide, glass and metal beads, porcupine quills, 33 1/2 × 7 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (85.1 × 19.1 x 4.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Richard W. Case, Sparks, Maryland
Object Number
1985.128
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)
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Shared Tradition: Native North American Beadwork", Berman Textile Gallery, August 7, 1990-January 20, 1991.
