| Catalog Number |
CAS 0539-0006 |
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| Category |
Bead & Leatherwork |
| Object Name |
Bag |
| Culture |
Lakota Sioux / Assiniboine |
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
unknown |
| County |
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| Other Geographic
Data |
Central Plains area |
| Maker's Name |
Unknown |
| Date of Manufacture |
early 1900s |
| Collection Name |
N/A |
| Materials |
Tanned hide; Glass beads; Cloth; Sinew |
| Description |
Rectangular bag made from two pieces of tanned hide sewn with sinew; Wide hide band sewn at corners for handle; Both are lined with white cloth and edged in black; Three hide triangles, edged in olive cloth, sewn at bottom with sinew; Front surfaces beaded in lazy stitch with blue background; Handle pattern of triangles and crosses in red and white; Body design of stepped triangles in green and red with yellow and blue steps around yellow boxes with blue and red internal patterns; Bottom lobes decorated with red and yellow crosses; Hide fringe extends from lobes. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Width = 19.3, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 15.3 |