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Late Classic Tobacco Bag, Sioux, third quarter of the 19th century

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Ethnographic Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:4,500.00 - 7,500.00 USD
Late Classic Tobacco Bag, Sioux, third quarter of the 19th century
Condition Report available upon request
Sioux tobacco bag, third quarter of the 19th century; buffalo hide is sinew sewn and decorated with seed beads. The lower beadwork panel displays a traditional triangle-diamond-triangle motif on a powder blue field. Floating boxes and bars also decorate the panel. There is also beadwork along the bag's side seams and rim. Fringe decorates the bottom of the bag. 37 inches (length - includes fringe) x 5 ¾ inches (width)