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A leather beaded pouch with white, black, red, and green beaded designs. There is a handle as well as fringes with metal and leather decorations.

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Unknown Maker, Apache

Tobacco Pouch

Description

Maker

Culture

Apache, Native North American

Title

Tobacco Pouch

Year

ca. 1900

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

metal, leather

Dimensions

14 cm (5 1/2 inches) (length)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Thomas Hunt

Object Number

43.421

Type

Leatherwork

Exhibition History

Trading Earth

Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce

Apr 09, 2022 – Jan 12, 2025

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Tobacco has been an important commodity for thousands of years, its uses ranging from medicinal and mood-altering to recreational and ceremonial. Containers for storing tobacco include silver boxes, ceramic cigar humidors, and Native American leather pouches adorned with European trade beads and jingle cones cut from tin snuff cans.

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Unknown Maker, Apache

Tobacco Pouch, ca. 1900

Leather, beads, and metal

14 cm (5 1/2 inches) (length)

Gift of Mrs. Thomas Hunt 43.421

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