Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCSBAG1872

Category: Bag

Region: Plains

Tribe: Kiowa

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Saddle leather, glass beads, tin cones, German silver, steel, bone.

Description: Saddle leather bag with bone hair pipes strung on the belt thongs. Tin cones decorate the bottom and German silver drops hand on each side. A single steel button decorates the flap.

Dimensions: 7 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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