A pair of bags constructed out of native tanned buffalo hide, which is decorated on the verso with horizontal rows of dyed porcupine quills. On each, the top, bottom and center rows consists of three lanes with white blocks. Aligning vertically with the crosses are columns of commercial cloth tufts. The top flap and side seams are decorated with panels of sinew-sewn seed beads consisting of alternating powder blue and yellow inscribed block. The ends of the panels are accented with tin cones which are stuffed with dyed horse hair.

14.5" tall and 22" wide

Ex Bruce Johnson, CO (personal collection); to Stephen Johnston, OH (2020-2023)

Published: Richard Conn, Circles of the World: Traditional Art of the Plains Indians (Denver, CO: Denver Art Museum, 1982), p. 79, 42.

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