Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC9311008

Category: Bag - Hunting Bag

Region: Plains

Tribe: Plains - Southern Plains, Comanche?

Period: 1825-1850 - ca. 1825

Materials: Native tanned deerskin; glass pony beads; sinew sewn.

Description: Front of bag is fully beaded, the design consisting of two white circles with red centers against a blue background. Top flap has a beaded and fringed edge. Bottom of bag is fringed as well. Old tag inside says: Pouch, with Hudson Bay beads, 1830

Dimensions: Height 13.25 inches 33.7 cm; Width 11.375 inches 29 cm.

Provenance:

Marvin Lince, Tualatin, Oregon
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010

References:

Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 64

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