Belt bag

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Culture/People: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
Previous owner: (unknown first name) Bliss, Non-Indian

Collection History: Collection history unknown, but said to have come from the "Bliss collection"; acquired by George Heye from an unknown source in 1904.
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Place: Plains; USA, Canada (inferred)

See related items: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne); Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1814
Barcode: 001814.000

Object Type: Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Object Name: Belt bag
Media/Materials: Hide, glass bead/beads, porcupine quills, hide thong/babiche
Techniques: Quilled (lane stitched), edge beaded , lazy/lane stitch beadwork, quill-wrapped (flat)

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws622200b3a-ad09-4ec7-a1ad-8a6b01c664fa

Record ID: NMAI_1867