Collection: Fenn
Item Number: FCSBAG1863
Category: Bag
Region: Plains
Tribe: Kiowa/ Comanche
Period: 1875-1900
Materials: Boot leather, glass beads, tin cones, German silver, brass
Description: Boot leather bag with red beaded front with yellow beaded design, remnant beads on drops, and big German silver button on flap. Brass beads hand on the belt thongs and tin cones and beaded drops decorate the bottom.
Dimensions: 6 x 3.5 inches
References:
Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, p-88
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