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Collection: Warnock
Item Number: WC8708014
Category: Bag
Region: Plateau
Tribe: Wasco - Wishxam
Period: 1850-1875
Materials: Native tanned hide; multi-colored glass seed beads; cotton cloth; brass buttons.
Description: Bag decorated with woven beadwork panels on each side and four woven beadwork tabs hanging off bottom of bag. One side of bag is decorated with six skeletal human figures in red and black beads against a white background. Opposing side has geometric forms (triangles, squares and diamonds) in blue against a yellow background.
Condition: Good; some loss of beads along edging. A few warp and weft breaks, some old repairs.
Dimensions: Length 38.5 inches 97.8 cm; Width 7.25 inches 18.3 cm.
Provenance:
Alexander Gallery
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.
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