Tobacco Bag

Provenance

Unknown owner, N.Dak. or S.Dak.; by descent to unknown grandson, Peoria, IL; sold to Esther Sparks (died 2015), Chicago Ill. and Miss., early/mid-1960's; by descent to her daughters, Vicki and Amy Sparks, Chicago,; given to Art Institute, 2015.

Tobacco Bag

Dakota

1860–1890

Accession Number

229817

Medium

Porcupine quills, leather, beads, shell, and feathers

Dimensions

91.4 × 35.6 × 6.4 cm (36 × 14 × 2 1/2 in.)

Classification

bag - needlework

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Esther Sparks Sprague