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Catalog Number CAS 0539-0006   CAS 0539-0006; Bag
Category Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name Bag
Culture Lakota Sioux / Assiniboine
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
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