Saddlebag

39-18-8B

From: United States of America | South Dakota | Pine Ridge Reservation

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 39-18-8B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sioux
Provenience United States of America | South Dakota | Pine Ridge Reservation
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Skin | Glass | Quill
Description

Buckskin. Roughly rectangular. Back plain. Short edges and flap decorated with rectangular designs in glass beads of many colors; front with horizontal lines of red porcupine quill and vertical lines of red down feathers. Edges and flap with tufts of red horsehair and metal bangles. Buckskin thongs for decoration or trying.

Height 30 cm
Width 50 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Robert Frazier, 1939

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