Tobacco Bag,
n.d.
Beads on leather
13 1/2 x 8 3/8 x 3/8 in. (34.29 x 21.27 x 0.95 cm)
Creation Place:
North America, Native American
Technique:
Leatherworking and beadworking
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edward H. Angle
Accession Number:
P2140
U-shaped flat buckskin tobacco bag with completely fringed edges. Predominantly angular beadwork on one side in red, white, and blue on pink. Beaded flags and crosses on the other side.
Materials
glass beads and leather
Commentary
Flag motifs are worked on one face of this bag, while geometric designs in the late Sioux style decorate the other. -from the Native American Art from the Permanent Collection catalog, 1979
Bibliography
Kay Koeninger and Joanne M. Mack, "Native American Art from the Permanent Collection" (Claremont: Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, 1979), 75, fig. 254.
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