TWO SIOUX BEADED HIDE POUCHES
TWO SIOUX BEADED HIDE POUCHES

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TWO SIOUX BEADED HIDE POUCHES
the first, a belt pouch, composed of a rectangular pouch, obscured by a tapering overflap, sinew sewn in white-heart red, yellow, and dark blue beads against a medium blue ground, decorated on the front with linked diamond motifs, trimmed with metal cones; the second, a strike-a-light bag, of rectangular form with bifurcated overflap, sinew sewn and lane-stitched in white heart red, translucent red, and pumpkin beads against a medium blue ground, trimmed with metal cones and tassels of metal cones inserted with red-dyed horse hair suspended from the edges and the flap
Lengths: the first, 4½ in. (11.5cm.); the second, 4¾ in. (12 cm.) excluding attachments (2)

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