Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCSBA7582

Category: Bag, Strike-A-Light

Region: Plains

Tribe: Kiowa

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Glass beads, German silver, buckskin, tin cones, leather.

Description: Boot leather beaded with geometric and floral designs. Tin cones drape the flap and bag bottom. German silver cylinders hang on buckskin thongs from each side and a button adorns the flap.

Dimensions: Length 14 inches width 3.5 inches

References:

Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, pp 83

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