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A SIOUX BEADED AND QUILLED HIDE TOBACCO BAG
of usual form, sinew sewn and lane-stitched in numerous shades of opaque and translucent beads, the central panel decorated on one side with a pair of elongated diamonds centering a narrow forked element, the other side with a pair of confronting swallow tail motifs, banded beadwork and short hide fringe at top, rawhide slats wrapped in purple, yellow, and orange-dyed porcupine quills, with a pair of crosses, suspended below, hide fringe at bottom
Length: 35 in. (88.9 cm.) overall
of usual form, sinew sewn and lane-stitched in numerous shades of opaque and translucent beads, the central panel decorated on one side with a pair of elongated diamonds centering a narrow forked element, the other side with a pair of confronting swallow tail motifs, banded beadwork and short hide fringe at top, rawhide slats wrapped in purple, yellow, and orange-dyed porcupine quills, with a pair of crosses, suspended below, hide fringe at bottom
Length: 35 in. (88.9 cm.) overall