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Lakota (Sioux)

Tobaco Bag

Lakota (Sioux), 1867

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Lakota (Sioux)

Tobaco Bag

Lakota (Sioux), 1867

Physical Qualities Hide, glass beads, porcupine quills, 35 1/8 × 7 1/8 in. (89.2 × 18.1 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Richard W. Case, Sparks, Maryland
Object Number 1985.127
With red, dark and light blue, and yellow designs on white 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)

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