Sold for $6,250

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

Kiowa Beaded Strike-a-Light Bag

third quarter 19th century

sinew-sewn harness leather with hourglass form; colorfully beaded on front and back in colors of red white-heart, navy blue, greasy yellow, greasy green, light blue, white, greasy pink, and translucent forest green; tin cones line upper and lower edges; longer hide thongs wrapped in tin with cross-shaped tin pendants

overall length 13 inches; bag length 5-1/2 inches x width 3-3/4 inches

Published:
Spirits in the Art (Hanson 1994: 87, plate 92)

Condition Report

Leather has been stabilized; scattered missing beads ; fringe likely has areas that have been repaired/replaced

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