Pipe (Calumet) Bag

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Pipe (Calumet) Bag

Entry/Object ID

NU 2024.120

Description

Transcribed from previous documentation: "Thin buckskin, upper edge "bound" with beading - next 5" mostly un-beaded. Solid beading to bottom of bag proper. White bead background w red, green, blue, and yellow designs. Same pattern on both sides, but colors differ on each side. Quill-work on leather thongs hangs from lower edge of bag - Quills from pattern in orange, magenta, and white - 7 1/2" long and below this section is buckskin fringe. Design - diamond w cross, small tuft of white wool (?) at center of head band." Identified by Sol Levine, Palo Alto, CA

Collection

Martin Collection, History Collection

Cataloged By

collectionsintern@numulosgatos.org

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Bag

Textile Details

Fabric

Leather

Material

Beads, Wool

Color

Tan, Orange, Purple, White, Black, Maroon, Blue, Green

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1915

Time Period

20th Century

Label/Inscription/Signature

Type

Label

Location

attached to top of bag

Transcription

(front) A48 Martin Acc. 137 (back) Sioux

Language

English

Material/Technique

Label

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Great Plains

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Očhéthi Šakówin, Apsáalooke, Niitsitapi / Siksikaitsitapi
Native American, First Nation

Notes

Documentation is contradictory - Deed of Gift identifies it as Sioux, Museum of the American Indian curator identifies it as Crow or Blackfoot

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Bag, Pipe

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Smoking & Recreational Drug Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Personal Gear

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

A48

Number Type

Old Accession Number

Other Number

NH 136

Dimensions

Width

7 in

Length

35 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Maud Martin

Related Entries

Notes

May be associated with A27

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Gift of the Maud Martin Estate

Owner/Agent

Maud Martin

Acquisition Method

Gift

Acquisition Date

Oct 1976

Notes/Remarks

The executor of Maud Martin's estate donated the items; unclear if there was any direction given in her will.