SAC - Plains Indians, South Dakota, North America - Circa 1910

BAG
Plains Indians, South Dakota, North America
Around 1910
Canvas, pearl, skin, iron, silk
Height: 22.5 cm; Length: 18 cm

Canvas bag decorated with two roses and geometric patterns in beads.
Nickel-plated iron opening, chiseled with scrolling foliage.
Iron chain.
Silk lining.

Bears a label mentioning its previous ownership: "Having belonged to the wife of Indian Chief White Bird. Collected in Saint Francis, at the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. Circa 1910."
Silk lining with inner pocket.

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