Tobacco Bag

Assiniboine or Gros Ventre

late 1890s

Not on view

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Title: Tobacco Bag
Date: late 1890s
Geography: Object place Montana, United States
Culture: Assiniboine or Gros Ventre
Medium: Native-tanned skin, metal, horsehair, quill, glass
Dimensions: H. 40 x W. 7 in. (101.6 x 17.8 cm)
Credit Line: Ralph T. Coe Collection, Gift of Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, 2011
Object Number: 2011.154.119
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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