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PROPERTY FROM THE ZIELINSKI COLLECTION
A NORTHERN PLAINS BEADED AND FRINGED HIDE TOBACCO BAG
PROBABLY BLACKFOOT
Details
A NORTHERN PLAINS BEADED AND FRINGED HIDE TOBACCO BAG
PROBABLY BLACKFOOT
of tapering form, thread and sinew sewn in the overlay technique with dark blue, pink, pumpkin, white and white-heart red beads against a medium blue beaded ground, decorated on the front with a stepped diamond enclosing a cross, two similar elements below, a panel of hide fringe along the bottom
Length: 31 in. (78.7 cm.) overall
PROBABLY BLACKFOOT
of tapering form, thread and sinew sewn in the overlay technique with dark blue, pink, pumpkin, white and white-heart red beads against a medium blue beaded ground, decorated on the front with a stepped diamond enclosing a cross, two similar elements below, a panel of hide fringe along the bottom
Length: 31 in. (78.7 cm.) overall
Literature
Illustrated in Die Prarieindianer Nordamerikas 1840 - 1890, plate 18 and in Waldlandindianer und Bisonjager Noramerikas, plate 14.
Exhibited
Amerika Haus Berlin, Mar. 1 - 31, 1971; Jan. 26 - Mar. 3, 1976