Quilled and beaded deerskin tobacco bag. The top is a long pouch of soft deerskin with clear and green beads stitched along the scalloped opening. Below the pouch is a two-sided rectangular panel of beadwork on a red fabric backing. On one side, the beadwork design has two side-by-side pink diamonds with dark blue crosses within, outlined in red, green and dark blue on a white background outlined with a single line of teal flanked by two lines of white beading. On the other side, the beadwork design is of a single pink diamond outlined in teal, red, mustard brown and dark blue on a white background outlined with a single line of teal flanked by two lines of white beading. The diamond has two angled extensions on each side in dark blue, mustard brown, red and teal. Below the beadwork panel is a section of quillwork, with strips of deerskin wrapped in quills dyed orange, red, and white. Below this extends long fringe of deerskin.

• Narrative

  Central Plains tobacco bag, collected by the donor's father while he was stationed in the Saskatchewan area, c. 1959-1963.

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• Type of Item bag
• Culture Dakota
• Material deer skin, porcupine quill, dye, cotton fibre, glass
• Measurements height 98.0 cm, width 18.5 cm, depth 1.4 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Willis John Moogk, Peter Moogk
• Received from Peter Moogk

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• Made in Saskatchewan
• Collected in Saskatchewan

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• Collection Date between 1959 and 1963
• Ownership Date before 1990, before February 11, 2023
• Acquisition Date on February 11, 2023

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• Item Classes beadwork
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3616/0001