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1951.2.23

Buckskin tobacco pouch decorated with a circular quillwork design, a fringe of skin strips bound with quill, and hide tassels.

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1951.2.23

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Collection type
Object
Description
Buckskin tobacco pouch decorated with a circular quillwork design, a fringe of skin strips bound with quill, and hide tassels.
Cultural groups
Native American
Date / Period
Date made: Circa 1800-1850
Date collected
By 1925
Acquisition information
Donated: 1951
Materials and processes
Material Buck Skin Animal, Material Quill, Process Quillwork, Process Bound, Process Repaired (local)
Dimensions
Length: max 370 mm excl. fringe, Width: max 165 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1951.2.23 Other numbers: WHMM no. 41759
Research and responses

Related Documents File - Letter from E. Ashworth Underwood [Director, The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum] to T. K. Penniman dated 30 January, 1951, inviting the Pitt Rivers Museum to send a representative to select items from the Wellcome collection, housed temporarily at the British Museum. [GI 4/2/2002]

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