A POTAWATOMIE BEADED CLOTH BANDOLIER BAG. c. 1890...

Description

A POTAWATOMIE BEADED CLOTH BANDOLIER BAG
c. 1890

composed of a single loom-woven beaded panel, stitched in numerous shades of opaque and translucent glass seed beads, with intricate geometric design, mounted on charcoal gray wool cloth, the loom-beaded panel with contiguous tab pendants, decorated with stacked triangles and zigzags, along the bottom, and terminating in red and brown wool yarn tassels

Provenance:
Purchased by the current owner from Sotheby's, New York, Fine American Indian Art, December 1993, lot 116.

Length: 37 inches overall


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