Central Plains Beaded Hide Pipe Bag

Description:

Central Plains Beaded Hide Pipe Bag, Lakota, fourth quarter 19th century, the soft hide bag with roll-beaded opening and two lanes of beadwork down each side to the panel, the panel with multicolored geometric devices on a white ground, with three beaded triangular tabs, (missing most of the tin cone danglers and one tab detached),lg. 21 1/2 in.

Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society, Easton, Pennsylvania.
Estimate $800-1,200


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