A NORTHERN PLAINS BEADED AND FRINGED HIDE TOBACCO BAG
A NORTHERN PLAINS BEADED AND FRINGED HIDE TOBACCO BAG

PROBABLY SIOUX

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A NORTHERN PLAINS BEADED AND FRINGED HIDE TOBACCO BAG
PROBABLY SIOUX
of usual form, sinew sewn and lane-stitched in translucent yellow, white-heart red, pink and four shades of blue beads, decorated with a column of compressed diamond motifs on one side, a large-scale X motif on the other, the upper panel with perforated decoration around the opening, hide fringe below
Length: 30 in. (78 cm.) including fringe
Literature
Illustrated in Die Prarieindianer Nordameikas 1840 - 1890, plate 5.
Exhibited
Amerika Haus Berlin, Mar. 1 - 31, 1971

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