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Northern Cheyenne Beaded Strike-A-Lite Bag 1800's

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:225.00 USD Estimated At:750.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Northern Cheyenne Beaded Strike-A-Lite Bag 1800's
The lot features a hide beaded strike-a-lite bag from the Northern Cheyenne Native American Indians of the 19th Century. The piece shows an Indian tanned hide construction with hide flap all being completely covered on the front with period correct 1800’s glass trade seed beads in a geometric pattern. The front flap has a very unique cut pattern showing a fancy beaded edge in cobalt with a linear pattern in Cheyenne pink and cobalt. The bag shows a trapezoidal shape with fancy petit seed bead Cheyenne pink edge with pattern in red white heart, Cheyenne pink, sky padre greasy blue, and cobalt in a cross like pattern. The bag is sinew sewn and shows the original hide tie on the back. Provenance: From a large Western Cowboy and American Indian collection in Dayton, Wyoming. Measures 8”L with the tie strap by 3 5/8”W.