A SIOUX BEADED AND QUILLED HIDE TOBACCO BAG
A SIOUX BEADED AND QUILLED HIDE TOBACCO BAG

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A SIOUX BEADED AND QUILLED HIDE TOBACCO BAG
of usual form, the central panel decorated with a pair of terraced devices on one side, and a stepped diamond on the other in pale yellow, green, purple, and orange-dyed porcupine quillwork, sinew sewn beadwork on the top panel, with narrow bands of geometric motifs in two shades of blue beads along the sides and encircling the top, a panel of rawhide slats decorated with a linear design in purple and orange-dyed quillwork suspended below, hide fringe along the bottom
Length: 41 in. (104.1 cm.) overall

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