id:			117283
accession number:	1937.850
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.850
updated:		2022-03-03 10:00:18.390000

Storage Bag, late 1800s. America, Native North American, Plains, Lakota (Sioux) people, Post contact. Native-tanned hide, glass beads, dyed horsehair, tin cones, sinew thread ; overall: 38.8 cm (15 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White 1937.850

title:				Storage Bag
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creation date:			late 1800s
creation date earliest:		1880
creation date latest:		1899
current location:		231 Native North American
creditline:			Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White
copyright:			

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culture:	America, Native North American, Plains, Lakota (Sioux) people, Post contact
technique:	Native-tanned hide, glass beads, dyed horsehair, tin cones, sinew thread 
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Native North American
type:		Leather
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measurements: Overall: 38.8 cm (15 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Gallery 231- Native North American Textile Rotation
	opening date:   2014-08-26T04:00:00
	<i>Gallery 231- Native North American Textile Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2014-July 29, 2015).

	title:		Native North America (Native North America rotation)
	opening date:   2021-12-04T05:00:00
	<i>Native North America (Native North America rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 4, 2021-December 4, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact: 
Bags like this were used to store personal items inside the tipi, where they doubled as pillows.

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wall description: 
Rectangular bags made of soft hide—known among early white traders as “possible bags” because they could hold “anything possible”—were used to store personal items inside the tipi, where they doubled as pillows. When encampments moved, the bags were carried on the side of a saddle, where their decoration could be admired.
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1937.850/1937.850_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1937.850/1937.850_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1937.850/1937.850_full.tif