Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCSBA5109

Category: Bag, Strike-A-Light

Region: Plains

Tribe: Kiowa

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Leather, glass beads, buckskin, German silver.

Description: Beaded designs front and back on one piece of commercial leather. The flap is also beaded and decorated with a German silver button. The carrying thong is made of twisted buckskin.

Dimensions: Length 6 inches width 3.5 inches

Provenance:

Ken Canfield

References:

Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, pp 84

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