Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCSBA5117

Category: Bag, Strike-A-Light

Region: Plains

Tribe: Kiowa

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Sinew, glass beads, tin cones, leather, buckskin.

Description: An American flag and eagle motif is beaded on commercial leather and beads strung on sinew hang from the top. The flap has a simple beaded line design. Tin cones hang on buckskin across the bottom.

Dimensions: Length 5 inches width 3 inches

Provenance:

Toby Herbst
Mike Haskell

References:

Illustrated in The American Indian- The American Flag pp 50 and in Spirits in the Art, by James A. Hanson, pp 87

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