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Beaded and quilled leather storage bag

Beaded and quilled leather storage bag

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Titles: Beaded and quilled leather storage bag (Supplied title)

Description: A storage bag, possibly Dakota, is of a type known variously as a saddle, tipi, or "possibles" bag, circa the late 19th century. These bags were often made in pairs, one to hang on either side of the horse saddle. The front of the bag features parallel horizontal strips of orange quillwork with two pairs of vertical parallel rows of red wool tufts or tassels superimposed on the orange horizontal strips. The side panels of the bag are decorated with glass seed beads in four rectangles using the lane or lazy stitch and yellow-dyed or natural horsehair tufts in metal cones. The closure flap features a centered, beaded area of five rectangles using the lane or lazy stitch. Leather thong remnants and matching holes indicate the original means of securing the top flap over the bag bottom. The decorative work was applied using sinew thread.

Dates

  • Not earlier than 1875 - Not later than 1899 (Creation)

Identifiers

  • Accession Number: 3039

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

  • Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

  • 13 1/2 inches height
  • 23 inches width
  • 5 inches depth

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Beaded and quilled leather storage bag

Collections items are not for sale.
A reproduction can be purchased.