Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCBAG5118

Category: Bag

Region: Plains

Tribe: Kiowa/ Comanche

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Saddle leather, glass beads, tin cones, German silver

Description: Saddle leather bag with stylized blue cross on the front, rolled fringe drops with German silver tubes, and red beads, and tin cones around the flap and across the bottom. Eight blue Padre beads are strung on the belt loop.

Dimensions: 6 x 3.65 inches

References:

Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, p-87

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