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Date1890-1910
DimensionsOverall: 29 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (74.9 × 17.1 cm)
Object numberT0354
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextPipe bags held the owner’s pipe bowl, pipe stem, tobacco, and other important objects. Men carried pipe bags at formal social functions and ceremonies.
Exhibition HistoryMuseum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, MA, December 6, 1994 - May 2, 1995.

The Flag in American Indian Art, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ. August 30, 1998 - January 18, 1998; High Museum of Art, Atlanta GA. February 21, 1998 - June 13, 1998 Historical Society of Saginaw County, (Castle Museum), Saginaw, MI, August 1, 1998 - September 27, 1998; Houston Museum of Natural Science, October 1998 - March, 1999; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE. July 3, 1999 - August 29, 1999; Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT, October 1999 – December 1999.
ProvenanceMorning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyHerbst, Toby, and Joel Kopp. The Flag in American Indian Art. Cooperstown, NY: New York State Historical Association, 1993, p. 53, pl. 36.

Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.136.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 164.
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Gauntlets
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1890
Vest Back
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
1890-1910
Bag
Brule Sioux (Lakota)
1890-1910
Bags
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1880
Bag
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
1900-1920
Pants
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1870
Shirt
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1890
Pouch
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1880
Shirt
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1870
Hair Drop
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1900
Feather Headdress
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1900
Belt
Manitoba Ojibwa
c. 1800

5798 STATE HIGHWAY 80
COOPERSTOWN NY, 13326
607-547-1400

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