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        "tombstone": "Pipe or Tobacco Bag, c. 1870. Native North America, Plains, Tsitsistas (Cheyenne). Native-tanned hide, yellow pigment, glass beads, red trade cloth, tin cones, sinew thread; overall: 71.1 x 12.7 cm (28 x 5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White, 1937.871",
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        "title": "Pipe or Tobacco Bag",
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        "department": "Textiles",
        "collection": "T - Native North American",
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                {
                    "id": 348303,
                    "title": "Gallery 231 - Native North American Textile Rotation",
                    "description": "<i>Gallery 231 - Native North American Textile Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2014-July 29, 2015).",
                    "opening_date": "2014-08-26T04:00:00"
                },
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                    "id": 449379,
                    "title": "Native North America",
                    "description": "<i>Native North America</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 4, 2021-December 4, 2022).",
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        "did_you_know": "Glass and metal beads were imported from Europe.",
        "description": "The shape of this bag indicates it was made to hold tobacco and one of the pipes that played a paramount role in the lives of Plains nations. Smoking is a means of prayer\u2014the smoke carries thanks and entreaties into the other-than-human realm\u2014and pipes were lit to seek protection and guidance on new endeavors, during alliance and dispute negotiations, to mark life\u2019s milestones, and in many other situations. By the late 1800s, when this example was made, such bags were a standard element of prestigious men\u2019s formal dress regalia.",
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