Tobacco Bag

Tobacco Bag

about 1885
Artist
Nellie Two Bear Gates, Yanktonai Dakota, 1854-1935
Culture
Yanktonai Dakota
Object
bag, pipe, tobacco
Medium
hide, glass beads, and porcupine quills
Accession Number
1948.156
Credit Line
Native Arts acquisition funds

Nellie Two Bear Gates (Yanktonai Dakota), Tobacco bag, about 1885. Leather, glass beads, and porcupine quills; 32¼ x 7 in. Denver Art Museum: Native Arts acquisition funds, 1948.156

Dimensions
length: 32 1/4 in, 81.915 cm; width: 7 in, 17.7800 cm
Department
Native Arts
Collection
Indigenous Arts of North America
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
Made by the artist, North and South Dakota, about 1885; Acquired by Mrs. Victor J. Evans via Fred Renner, Washington, D.C., before 1948; Purchased by the Denver Art Museum, 4 December 1948.