A bag constructed from native tanned buffalo hide where much of the buffalo fur is still extant on the bag’s interior. The bag is decorated on the recto and side seams with sinew-sewn seed beads. The recto is composed of alternating spaced bars of navy and powder blue. Traces of red pigment can be found between the bars, applied directly to the hide. The opening flap has beaded lane with a similar color scheme but for the addition of yellow and pink blocks. Inscribed on the back of the bag is “JHP / 537”; and on the interior of the opening, there is written, “R185.4

Ex Ex David Vernon, WY;

To Jackson Hole Preserve, WY ("JHP 537", collected 1965-1974); to Museum of the American Indian, NY; to Glenbow Museum, CANADA ("R165-4"); to Brad Mighton, CANADA (collected 2013); to private West Coast collection.

14” wide and 8” tall; accompanied by a custom stand.

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