Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability

CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0478-0014   CAS 0478-0014; Bag
Category Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name Bag
Culture Northern Ute
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Utah or Colorado
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Tanned hide; Beads; Cloth; Sinew
Description Rectangular bag made of two tanned hide panels sewn together along bottom and sides and edged with commercial red trade cloth; Single tanned hide lacing is looped through upper corners, forming handle; Front panel is entirely covered with sinew-sewn beadwork in lazy stitch technique; Central design consists of pink terraced hour glass shape edged in green, all along white rectangular background and all framed by pink band with pair of dark blue parallelograms along each side.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 23.0, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 25.0