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skillfully decorated with quills or beads Fig. 23). 

 This type occurs among the Assiniboine, Gros Ventre, 

 Dakota, (row. Cheyenne, Arapaho, Ute, and Wind 

 River Shoshone in almost identical form, but among the 

 Nez Perce and Bannock with decided differences. 



Fig. 23. Bag decorated with Porcupine Quills and Beads. Dakota. 



Perhaps equally typical of the area were the long 

 slender bags for smoking outfits. These are especially 

 conspicuous in Dakota collections where they range 

 from 80 to 150 cm. in length. At the ends, they have 



