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Cheyenne Buffalo Quilled & Beaded Society Pouch

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:750.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Cheyenne Buffalo Quilled & Beaded Society Pouch
Featured in this lot is this interesting, mid-century, hide society pouch flat bag with quilled and beaded design, showing a Buffalo Head from the Cheyenne Native American Indians. The bag shows a flat square, two-piece, Indian tanned hide with trade thread sewn edge and long, hand cut, Indian tanned hide fringe. It is adorned with a porcupine quilled Buffalo head, along with linear porcupine design and beaded border. This is a nice transitional piece, showing both quillwork and beadwork. The quillwork shows natural cream, brown, and orange, all being natural dyes, along with early glass trade seed beads in greasy yellow, Cheyenne pink, and cobalt. There have been a few Buffalo head quilled society pouches over the years similar to this, such as the two examples offered by Cowan’s in their September 2002 sale and the example in the Portland Art Museum. There is slight wear to the quilled design on the right bottom of the pouch. The measurements of this pouch are 14" x 4 1/4".