A BLACKFEET BEADED HIDE DOUBLE SADDLE BAG. . c. 1890. ...

Description

A BLACKFEET BEADED HIDE DOUBLE SADDLE BAG

c. 1890

each end overlaid with red and black wool trade cloth, decorated with abstract floral sprays in numerous shades of opaque and translucent beads, long hide fringe

Floral beadwork designs were set against a red wool background to dramatic effect, for they covered large surfaces on Blackfeet horse regalia. For similar examples, see Walton, Ann, Ewers, John, and Hassrick, Royal, After the Buffalo Were Gone, Northwest Area Foundation, St. Paul, MN, 1985, pp. 219 - 220.

Provenance:
Collected from a Blackfeet man named Crow Chief in Helena, MT.
Atlas Framing, Marty Ingham
Custer Battlefield Trading Post, Crow Agency, MT

Length: 54 ½ inches excluding fringe

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