Antique Lakota Sioux Pipe bag

Description

Description: Lakota/Sioux
Pictorial Beaded Pipe Bag, ca 1880-1890
Brain tanned leather, glass seed beads, natural and dyed porcupine quills, sinew, threaded images of American flags, tipis, "PUP" and its mirror image.
Miniature strike-a-lite bag with images of pipes affixed to upper portion of bag
Bag interior of ochered hide
Having white, light blue, red, yellow and green glass seed beads
Dimensions: 41" x 7-1/2" x 1" (104.14 x 20.32 x 2.54 cm.)
Provenance: Private Collection by Descent
Marcy Burns American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico and New York, New York
Private collection, New Mexico
Private collection, California
Condition: The bag is in overall good condition. Little to no bead loss. Some quill loss throughout, mostly along the lower fringe.