Sold for $4,410

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

Sioux Beaded Hide Tobacco Bag, Belonging to Scotty Philip (1885-1911)

fourth quarter 19th century

sinew-sewn and beaded using colors of pink, light blue, cobalt, translucent green, and rose; throat decorated with quill-wrapped hide thongs with tin cones and dyed feathers; G.P. (George Philip, nephew) inked above beaded panel

length 35 inches

Attached paper tag notes provenance as having been made by Sarah Larribee (Sioux, 1851-1937), wife to rancher and South Dakota politician Scotty Philip (1885-1911), who was also known as "the man who saved the buffalo".

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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