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A SIOUX BEADED HIDE AND QUILLED TOBACCO BAG
Of tapering form, sinew sewn, the lower panel lazy stitched in yellow, translucent red and green beads against a light blue ground, decorated with two stepped diamonds on one side, and a pattern composed of four squares and three crosses on the other, the rim accented with fringe wrapped in purple and red dyed porcupine quills and tin cone suspensions with red dyed horse hair inserts, below slats wrapped in dyed purple and natural porcupine quills forming an hourglass motif, fringe at bottom
31in. (78.7cm.) long
Of tapering form, sinew sewn, the lower panel lazy stitched in yellow, translucent red and green beads against a light blue ground, decorated with two stepped diamonds on one side, and a pattern composed of four squares and three crosses on the other, the rim accented with fringe wrapped in purple and red dyed porcupine quills and tin cone suspensions with red dyed horse hair inserts, below slats wrapped in dyed purple and natural porcupine quills forming an hourglass motif, fringe at bottom
31in. (78.7cm.) long