Native American Indian artifact from the Warnock collection - Plateau - Nez Percé, Cayuse or Bannock Bag, Bandolier

Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8708513

Category: Bag, Bandolier

Region: Plateau

Tribe: Plateau - Nez Percé, Cayuse or Bannock

Period: 1850-1875 - ca. 1865

Materials: Native tanned buffalo hide; multi-colored glass seed beads; red wool trade cloth; thread and sinew sewn.

Description: Bead decorated shoulder strap and pouch, with long red cloth top. Bead designs consist of bold geometric elements in various colors against a light blue background. Red trade cloth fingers serve as design element on the strap.

Dimensions: Length 49.25 inches 125 cm; Width 19 inches 48 cm.

Provenance:

Don Diessner, Yakima, Wasington Lessard Collection- SD 523 Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.