Pipe Bag Item Number: 3239/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Beaded and quill work pipe bag. Long bag is made of hide, thin and pliable on top, thicker and stiff with beading below, attached to a series of hide thongs wrapped in red-dyed quills, ending with an undecorated, dense hide fringe at bottom. Top portion of bag has two sets of thongs, as well as small metal tubes from which emerge a red fibre tassel. White-beaded panel contains coloured motifs, yellow and blue diamonds and triangles on one side, green, yellow and red triangles on the other. Quilled section incorporates concentric rectangular designs in purple, orange and green. Interior of bag is unlined and undecorated.
Narrative
Sandra Dent's grandfather (Gervase Edward Gale) was a missionary and principal of St. Paul's School at Cardston, Alberta, on the Blood Reserve, c. 1904-1910. Her grandmother, Hattie May is said to have collected the Blood (Kainai) objects in MOA accessions 3194 and 3239.
Item History
- Made in Alberta, Canada before 1900
- Collected in Cardston, Alberta, Canada between 1904 and 1910
- Owned by Hattie May Gale before 1968
- Owned by Sandra Dent before May 2, 2017
- Received from Sandra Dent (Donor) on May 2, 2017
What
- Name
- Pipe Bag
- Identification Number
- 3239/1
- Type of Item
- bag
- Material
- rawhide skin, glass, quill, cotton fibre, dye and metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- quillwork and wrapped
- Overall
- height 79.0 cm, width 17.5 cm, depth 2.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kainai
- Previous Owner
- Hattie May Gale and Sandra Dent
- Received from
- Sandra Dent (Donor)
Where
When
- Creation Date
- before 1900
- Collection Date
- between 1904 and 1910
- Ownership Date
- before 1968 and before May 2, 2017
- Acquisition Date
- on May 2, 2017
Other
- Item Classes
- beadwork
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3239/0001