A Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne) Beaded Tobacco Bag
Of hide construction with light red-toned ochre pigment, beaded on each face about the mouth and in a banded motif down the length of the bag, the lower quarter of the bag with opposing stepped triangles on a white ground, with twisted fringe along the lower edge.
length 35 1/2″
Circa 1870
Provenance:
Property from the Collection of Yoshi Miyake
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