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An Early Blackfoot Tobacco Bag

A beaded deer hide tobacco bag with geometric design elements. The Blackfoot sew each individual bead on the hide as opposed to the Lakota who use the lazy stitch technique.

length 25″

Circa 1870

Provenance: From the Roy B. Robinson Collection

Collected in the first quarter of the 20th century

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