Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC9311009

Category: Bag, Tobacco

Region: Plains

Tribe: Sioux - Southern Teton

Period: 1875-1900 - ca. 1885

Materials: Native tanned deerskin; glass seed beads; dyed porcupine quills; tin cones; coarse blue beads; sinew sewn.

Description: Front panel of bag is decorated with two hands in navy blue, yellow and white against a light blue background. Opposing panel is decorated with triangles and a cross in green, yellow and blue against a white background.

Dimensions: Length 30 inches

Provenance:

Marvin Lince, Tualatin, Oregon
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010

References:

Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 85

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