A CROW BEADED AND FRINGED HIDE TOBACCO BAG
A CROW BEADED AND FRINGED HIDE TOBACCO BAG

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A CROW BEADED AND FRINGED HIDE TOBACCO BAG
sinew sewn and flat-stitched in pink, yellow, white, white-heart red, translucent green and three shades of blue beads, with a bisected diamond on one side, serrated bands alternating with solid bands on the other, triangles beaded against the hide ground in the upper panel, with banded beadwork along one edge, and woven red cloth around the opening, a panel of short fringe below, wrapped with yellow, green, and red-dyed porcupine quills
Length: 20½ in. (52 cm.)
Literature
Illustrated in Die Prarieindianer Nordamerikas 1840 - 1890, plate 5.
Exhibited
Amerika Haus Berlin, Mar. 1 - 31, 1971

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