Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCDIS602

Category: Bag, Dispatch

Region: Plains

Tribe: Kiowa

Period: 1850-1875

Materials: Leather, glass beads, buckskin

Description: A much experienced commercial leather bag with a beaded design on the front. A vintage label on the back says "Mail pouch owned by an Indian Blanco Charlie U.S. mail carrier, between White Oaks and Fort Stanton, New Mexico. Obtained from Frederick Smith Waterbury, Conn" A buckskin belt loop is attached to the back.

Dimensions: Length 8.5 inches width 6.75 inches

Provenance:

Sherwood's Spirit of America, New Mexico

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