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
With dark and medium blue, white, yellow, orange, green and bronze designs on red field.
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.
