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Possible bag

about 1890
Object PlaceNorth or South Dakota
Medium/TechniqueTanned hide, lazy-stitch beadwork embroidery, and tin cones with tufts of dyed red horsehair
DimensionsOverall: 33 × 49.5 cm (13 × 19 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Estate of David Rockefeller from the Collection of David and Peggy Rockefeller
Accession number2018.251
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceProbably 1926, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (b. 1874 - d. 1960), New York and Seal Harbor, ME; 1961, acquired from the estate of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., by his sons, Nelson A. Rockefeller (b. 1908 - d. 1979) and David Rockefeller (b. 1915 - d. 2017); 1973, ownership acquired fully by David Rockefeller, New York and Seal Harbor; 2018, gift of the estate of David Rockefeller to the MFA. (Accession date: June 19, 2018)