Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCSBAG5122

Category: Bag

Region: Plains

Tribe: Southern-Cheyenne

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Saddle leather, glass beads, buckskin, German silver

Description: Saddle leather bag with white beaded background, and blue triangle design. A large German silver button decorates the beaded flap. Tin cones hang from the bottom of the bag and from the flap. Buckskin drops on each side are decorated with tin cones.

Dimensions: 4.5 x 3 inches

References:

Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, p-89

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