Otter skin tobacco pouch

Made:
1851-1900 in United States
maker:
Sioux people

Otter skin tobacco pouch, whole pelt, dried, slit in throat forms aperture, brass bells tied to paws, said to be a Holy Otter Bag, Dakota Sioux(?), maker, U.S.A., 1851-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656763
Materials:
otter and brass, bells
type:
tobacco pouches
credit:
Palm, H.W.