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A SIOUX BEADED AND QUILLED HIDE TOBACCO BAG
of slightly tapering form, sinew sewn and lazy-stitched in white-heart red, yellow, green, and two shades of blue on a white beaded ground, the front, decorated with a stylized cross flanked by two hourglass motifs, the back, with a bisected hourglass and emanating geometrical devices, top panels with geometrical elements on hide ground, bands of barred elements along the sides and encircling the top edge, below, panel with dyed red and blue porcupine quill-wrapped slats and hide fringe, quill-wrapped hide tassels with tin cone and dyed-horse hair pendants attached to back
Length: 30 in. (76.2 cm.) with fringe
of slightly tapering form, sinew sewn and lazy-stitched in white-heart red, yellow, green, and two shades of blue on a white beaded ground, the front, decorated with a stylized cross flanked by two hourglass motifs, the back, with a bisected hourglass and emanating geometrical devices, top panels with geometrical elements on hide ground, bands of barred elements along the sides and encircling the top edge, below, panel with dyed red and blue porcupine quill-wrapped slats and hide fringe, quill-wrapped hide tassels with tin cone and dyed-horse hair pendants attached to back
Length: 30 in. (76.2 cm.) with fringe