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Storage Bag, Arapaho. According to Catalog records, this is an Arapahoe bag found on a battlefield by a government scout named Green Cloud. "Omaha Charlie" Bristol Collection, Homer (Dakota), Nebraska. NSHS.
Native tanned leather, oval shape. Fully beaded using lazy stitch. One side: gold ground w/ dk/lt blue, green red/white design. Reverse: green ground w/ 2 American flags, 3 triangles & 2 crosses. Bag neck narrows slightly. Loop handle is a rope of wrapped beads w/ leather fringe at ends. Most of beads are faceted. Some red beads are white-hearts. Wyoming State Museum.

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Paint bag, Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Hide, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche, paint. Lame Deer, Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Date: 1875-1900. Collection of John Jay White (1860-1923, a New York City banker and collector of Indian objects). NMAI.
Possible bag, Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Hide, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche, hair, metal cones, dye/dyes. Date created: 1880-1900. Lame Deer, Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Collection of John Jay White (1860-1923, a New York City banker and collector of Indian objects). NMAI.
Belt and bag, Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Hide, glass bead/beads, porcupine quills. Collection of Joseph W. Keppler (1872-1956, a long-time friend of George Heye); purchased by George Heye from Joseph Keppler in 1906. NMAI.

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Bag, Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Hide, wool cloth, glass bead/beads, porcupine quills, horsehair, metal cones, dye/dyes, hide thong/babiche. NMAI.
Belt bag, Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Hide, glass bead/beads, porcupine quills, hide thong/babiche. NMAI.
Possible bag, Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Hide, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche, hair, metal cones, dye/dyes. Lame Deer, Northern Cheyenne Reservation; Rosebud County; Montana. Date created: 1880-1900. Collection of John Jay White. NMAI.

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Made of leather with fringe and decorative beadwork. Pieces of buckskin leather are sewn together to create the body of the holster. A band of geometric beadwork encircles the top of the bag. Multicolored diamond shapes extend from the band of beadwork. The bottom of the bag has long leather fringe, with a band of geometric beadwork at the base. The beads used on this holster are: light blue, dark blue, ye,llow, white heart red, green and yellow. NSHS.
Composed of a curving iron case, with panels of lane-stitched beadwork in green, yellow, and dark blue beads against a white beaded ground, each panel with diamond and forked elements on each side; European sword enclosed, probably German or Prussian, with hilt engraved, R.I.M. 35. 59 Lengths: the case - 86 cm.; the sword - 89 cm. Christie Jan 2006.
Guncase, probably Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne) (attributed). Hide, glass bead/beads. NMAI.

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Parfleche, Oglala Lakota. Collected by William R. Crossland on the Pine Ridge Reservation. NSHS.
Possible Bag, Lakota. Hide, glass bead/beads, porcupine quills, hide thong/babiche.64 x 6 x 54 cm. North Dakota or South Dakota. Collection of Mary Buell Riggs (Mrs. Alfred L. Riggs, 1839-1927), whose husband ran the Santee Normal Training School (Santee, Nebraska); purchased by MAI from Mary B. Riggs in 1925. NMAI
Bag, Lakota. Hide, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche. North Dakota or South Dakota. Formerly in the collection of P.F. Thompson (of Los Angeles, California); donated to MAI by P.F. Thompson in 1925. NMAI

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Hide, glass seed beads, muslin, sinew, metal cones, dyed cow hair. Width: 11 inches, excluding fringe. Heritage Auctions Nov 2017.
Bag made from a skinned and gutted animal, probably a ground hog or wood chuck. Animal skin, quill, feathers, fabric, cord, beads, metal. 1900 Rosebud Census show a "Caught The Eagle" , born in 1867 in Nebraska and is listed as Sioux. He is married to Otter Woman. Collection Zimmerman. NSHS.

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NMAI. Beadwork, American Indians, Native American, Beaded Pouch Bag, Lakota, Belt Bag, Pouches, Strike, Lite
Belt bag, Inunaina (Arapaho).
NMAI.
Alexandr Denisov
Alexandr Denisov
NMAI. Quilling Work, Sioux, History, Bags, Handbags, Historia, Native Americans, Bag
Possible bag, Sioux.
NMAI.
Alexandr Denisov
Alexandr Denisov
Made of leather with fringe and decorative beadwork. Pieces of buckskin leather are sewn together to create the body of the holster. A band of geometric beadwork encircles the top of the bag. Multicolored diamond shapes extend from the band of beadwork. The bottom of the bag has long leather fringe, with a band of geometric beadwork at the base. The beads used on this holster are: light blue, dark blue, ye,llow, white heart red, green and yellow. NSHS. Dark Blue, Light Blue, Pistol Holster, Red Green, Yellow, Buckskins, Leather Fringe, Cheyenne, White Heart
Gun (pistol) holster, Cheyenne.
Made of leather with fringe and decorative beadwork. Pieces of buckskin leather are sewn together to create the body of the holster. A band of geometric beadwork encircles the top of the bag. Multicolored diamond shapes extend from the band of beadwork. The bottom of the bag has long leather fringe, with a band of geometric beadwork at the base. The beads used on this holster are: light blue, dark blue, ye,llow, white heart red, green and yellow. NSHS.
Alexandr Denisov
Alexandr Denisov
Rectangle shaped with envelope style opening flap at top. Front of the bag is decorated with large panel of glass beadwork. The geometric beaded design features 3 thick dark blue stripes separated by 4 yellow stripes. Each yellow stripe contains 3 crosses made of silver, red and blue beads. The sides of the bag are covered with rectangular designs. Each side of the bag contains 5 rectangles that contain a narrow rectangle inside of it. NSHS. Native American Regalia, Native American Clothing, Native American Crafts, Native American Beadwork, Native Beadwork, Indian Quilt, Plains Indians, Beaded Bags, American Heritage
Leather storage bag, Yankton Sioux?
Rectangle shaped with envelope style opening flap at top. Front of the bag is decorated with large panel of glass beadwork. The geometric beaded design features 3 thick dark blue stripes separated by 4 yellow stripes. Each yellow stripe contains 3 crosses made of silver, red and blue beads. The sides of the bag are covered with rectangular designs. Each side of the bag contains 5 rectangles that contain a narrow rectangle inside of it. NSHS.
Alexandr Denisov
Alexandr Denisov
Hide, glass seed beads, muslin, sinew, metal cones, dyed cow hair. Width: 11 inches, excluding fringe. Heritage Auctions Nov 2017. Muslin, Cones, Bing Images, Seed Beads, Indian Artifacts, Beaded
A Sioux Beaded Hide Tipi Bag c. 1890.
Hide, glass seed beads, muslin, sinew, metal cones, dyed cow hair. Width: 11 inches, excluding fringe. Heritage Auctions Nov 2017.
Alexandr Denisov
Alexandr Denisov
Bag made from a skinned and gutted animal, probably a ground hog or wood chuck. Animal skin, quill, feathers, fabric, cord, beads, metal. 1900 Rosebud Census show a "Caught The Eagle" , born in 1867 in Nebraska and is listed as Sioux. He is married to Otter Woman. Collection Zimmerman. NSHS. Ground Hog, Zimmerman, Otter, Plains, Rose Buds, Nebraska, Eagles
Bag, Lakota/Brule Sioux; Caught The Eagle.
Bag made from a skinned and gutted animal, probably a ground hog or wood chuck. Animal skin, quill, feathers, fabric, cord, beads, metal. 1900 Rosebud Census show a "Caught The Eagle" , born in 1867 in Nebraska and is listed as Sioux. He is married to Otter Woman. Collection Zimmerman. NSHS.
Alexandr Denisov
Alexandr Denisov
Bag made from a skinned and gutted animal, probably a ground hog or wood chuck. Animal skin, quill, feathers, fabric, cord, beads, metal. 1900 Rosebud Census show a "Caught The Eagle" , born in 1867 in Nebraska and is listed as Sioux. He is married to Otter Woman. Collection Zimmerman. NSHS. Indigenous Peoples
Bag, Lakota/Brule Sioux; Caught The Eagle.
Bag made from a skinned and gutted animal, probably a ground hog or wood chuck. Animal skin, quill, feathers, fabric, cord, beads, metal. 1900 Rosebud Census show a "Caught The Eagle" , born in 1867 in Nebraska and is listed as Sioux. He is married to Otter Woman. Collection Zimmerman. NSHS.
Alexandr Denisov
Alexandr Denisov
Storage Bag, Arapaho. According to Catalog records, this is an Arapahoe bag found on a battlefield by a government scout named Green Cloud. "Omaha Charlie" Bristol Collection, Homer (Dakota), Nebraska. NSHS. Native American Art, Beaded Purses, Online Collections, Bead Leather, Wall Pockets, Bag Storage
Bag, Arapaho.
Storage Bag, Arapaho. According to Catalog records, this is an Arapahoe bag found on a battlefield by a government scout named Green Cloud. "Omaha Charlie" Bristol Collection, Homer (Dakota), Nebraska. NSHS.
Alexandr Denisov
Alexandr Denisov
Parfleche, Oglala Lakota. Collected by William R. Crossland on the Pine Ridge Reservation. NSHS. Pine Ridge Reservation, Nebraska State, Museum Collection, Nativity, Red And White, Patches, Cases
Parfleche.
Parfleche, Oglala Lakota. Collected by William R. Crossland on the Pine Ridge Reservation. NSHS.
Alexandr Denisov
Alexandr Denisov
Composed of a curving iron case, with panels of lane-stitched beadwork in green, yellow, and dark blue beads against a white beaded ground, each panel with diamond and forked elements on each side; European sword enclosed, probably German or Prussian, with hilt engraved, R.I.M. 35. 59 Lengths: the case - 86 cm.; the sword - 89 cm. Christie Jan 2006. Blue Beads, Sword, Lane, German, European, Iron
A SIOUX BEADED SWORD CASE AND SWORD.
Composed of a curving iron case, with panels of lane-stitched beadwork in green, yellow, and dark blue beads against a white beaded ground, each panel with diamond and forked elements on each side; European sword enclosed, probably German or Prussian, with hilt engraved, R.I.M. 35. 59 Lengths: the case - 86 cm.; the sword - 89 cm. Christie Jan 2006.
Alexandr Denisov
Alexandr Denisov
Native tanned leather. Rectangular, beaded & quilled. Flap: geometric motif in navy/white/red/ yellow/green/mid-blue w/ 6 metal cones w/ red dyed horsehair. Body of bag beaded on 1 side; center, white ground, lavender cross surrounded by square & triangular motifs, other colors: red/navy blue/yellow & green. Sides beaded same colors & edged w/ cone & horsehair tassels. Across the top are leather thongs wrapped w/ red quills, cone & horsehair tassels, total of six, on ends. Wyoming State Museum. Blue Yellow, Navy Blue, Horse Hair Tassels, Wyoming State, American Crafts, Triangular, Other Colors
Possible bag, Sioux. Circa: 1880-1920.
Native tanned leather. Rectangular, beaded & quilled. Flap: geometric motif in navy/white/red/ yellow/green/mid-blue w/ 6 metal cones w/ red dyed horsehair. Body of bag beaded on 1 side; center, white ground, lavender cross surrounded by square & triangular motifs, other colors: red/navy blue/yellow & green. Sides beaded same colors & edged w/ cone & horsehair tassels. Across the top are leather thongs wrapped w/ red quills, cone & horsehair tassels, total of six, on ends. Wyoming State Museum.
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Alexandr Denisov
Decorative - Beadwork, Lazy Stitch. Native tanned leather, rectangular w/ flap closure & leather ties, beaded. Flap: band, white ground, bar w/ forked elements between 2 stepped triangles. Metal cones w/ red horsehair, flap & sides. Sides: white ground, repeated motif- cross vert. bar forked. Front: vert. rows- 1 row, 3 bars same as flap, flanked by rows of inverted triangle in red, mid blue, yellow, dk blue. In base corners are two leather thongs. Wyoming State Museum. Inverted Triangle, Horse Hair, Bead Work, Stitch, Metal, Leather
Possible bag, Sioux. Circa: 1880-1920.
Decorative - Beadwork, Lazy Stitch. Native tanned leather, rectangular w/ flap closure & leather ties, beaded. Flap: band, white ground, bar w/ forked elements between 2 stepped triangles. Metal cones w/ red horsehair, flap & sides. Sides: white ground, repeated motif- cross vert. bar forked. Front: vert. rows- 1 row, 3 bars same as flap, flanked by rows of inverted triangle in red, mid blue, yellow, dk blue. In base corners are two leather thongs. Wyoming State Museum.
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Alexandr Denisov
Native tanned leather, oval shape. Fully beaded using lazy stitch. One side: gold ground w/ dk/lt blue, green red/white design. Reverse: green ground w/ 2 American flags, 3 triangles & 2 crosses. Bag neck narrows slightly. Loop handle is a rope of wrapped beads w/ leather fringe at ends. Most of beads are faceted. Some red beads are white-hearts. Wyoming State Museum. Beaded Pouch, Green Ground, Narrows, Red Bead, Triangles, Crosses
Bag, Arapaho.
Native tanned leather, oval shape. Fully beaded using lazy stitch. One side: gold ground w/ dk/lt blue, green red/white design. Reverse: green ground w/ 2 American flags, 3 triangles & 2 crosses. Bag neck narrows slightly. Loop handle is a rope of wrapped beads w/ leather fringe at ends. Most of beads are faceted. Some red beads are white-hearts. Wyoming State Museum.
Alexandr Denisov
Alexandr Denisov
Bandolier Bag, Arapaho. Native tanned leather & rawhide. Strap: 2 strips of leather joined w/ short rawhide strips wrapped w/ purple, yellow, green & black quillwork. Circular bag of smoked leather w/ quill work on front: yellow ground w/ red, white & green designs. Bag attached to strap w/ thongs. 3 quill wrapped loops, 1 at top & 2 at bottom trim bag. Wyoming State Museum. Rawhide, Thongs, Purple Yellow, Quilling, Wraps, Museum, Bottom
Bandolier bag.
Bandolier Bag, Arapaho. Native tanned leather & rawhide. Strap: 2 strips of leather joined w/ short rawhide strips wrapped w/ purple, yellow, green & black quillwork. Circular bag of smoked leather w/ quill work on front: yellow ground w/ red, white & green designs. Bag attached to strap w/ thongs. 3 quill wrapped loops, 1 at top & 2 at bottom trim bag. Wyoming State Museum.
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Alexandr Denisov
Buckskin bag, solidly quilled. Top of horned animal head green and yellow on red ground; reverse, variant design, red, green, yellow, purple, and white on red striped ground. Quilled thong extension concentric squares. Tinklers with red feathers. Beaded band around mouth. Penn Museum. Red Feather, Animal Heads, Red Stripes, Squares, Feathers
Bag, Sioux.
Buckskin bag, solidly quilled. Top of horned animal head green and yellow on red ground; reverse, variant design, red, green, yellow, purple, and white on red striped ground. Quilled thong extension concentric squares. Tinklers with red feathers. Beaded band around mouth. Penn Museum.
Alexandr Denisov
Alexandr Denisov
Medicine Bag, Sisseton. Native Name: Wo-Pi-Yo. North Dakota, Devil's Lake Reservation. Materials: Otter Skin, Quill, Metal. Length: 71.12 cm. John Wanamaker Expedition, 1900; R. Stewart Culin, 1900. Penn Museum. Native American Artifacts, Medicine Bag, North Dakota, Quill, Expedition, Ancient
Medicine bag.
Medicine Bag, Sisseton. Native Name: Wo-Pi-Yo. North Dakota, Devil's Lake Reservation. Materials: Otter Skin, Quill, Metal. Length: 71.12 cm. John Wanamaker Expedition, 1900; R. Stewart Culin, 1900. Penn Museum.
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Alexandr Denisov
Buckskin; solid beadwork. Tassels of horse hair. Flap over top. Penn Museum. Saddle Bags, Tassels, Special, Solid
Saddlebag, Sioux.
Buckskin; solid beadwork. Tassels of horse hair. Flap over top. Penn Museum.
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Alexandr Denisov
Date made: 1875-1900. Native-tanned hide (elk?) bag with parallel rows of porcupine quillwork in red with yellow end and a yellow center overlaid with stylized eye, ear and horn pattern (bull elk). Design identical on both sides. Rawhide fringe, quill wrapped with four rectangular designs in yellow and red with tin cone dangles. Sides of bag edge-beaded with two rows of red beads. Penn Museum. Native American Design, American Indian Art, Native American Indians, Ancient Tattoo, Bear Claw Necklace
Bag, Santee Sioux.
Date made: 1875-1900. Native-tanned hide (elk?) bag with parallel rows of porcupine quillwork in red with yellow end and a yellow center overlaid with stylized eye, ear and horn pattern (bull elk). Design identical on both sides. Rawhide fringe, quill wrapped with four rectangular designs in yellow and red with tin cone dangles. Sides of bag edge-beaded with two rows of red beads. Penn Museum.
Alexandr Denisov
Alexandr Denisov
Beaded Charm Pouch, Sioux (Oceti Sakowin). Victor J. Evans. NMNH. Evans, Bead Charms, Pouch, Charmed
Bag.
Beaded Charm Pouch, Sioux (Oceti Sakowin). Victor J. Evans. NMNH.
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Alexandr Denisov
Bag, Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Hide, wool cloth, glass bead/beads, porcupine quills, horsehair, metal cones, dye/dyes, hide thong/babiche. NMAI. Porcupine Quills, Horsehair, Hide, Glass Beads, Wool
Bag.
Bag, Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Hide, wool cloth, glass bead/beads, porcupine quills, horsehair, metal cones, dye/dyes, hide thong/babiche. NMAI.
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Alexandr Denisov
Collector: Lt. U S Army Emmet Crawford. Dakota Territory, 1877. NMNH. Mountain Man, Native Art, Crawford
Medicine bag, Sioux (Oceti Sakowin).
Collector: Lt. U S Army Emmet Crawford. Dakota Territory, 1877. NMNH.
Alexandr Denisov
Alexandr Denisov
Penn Museum. Native American Tribes, Neclace, Indigenous Art, Porcupine, Image House, Rosettes, Beading Patterns
Shoulder pouch, Northern Arapaho.
Penn Museum.
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Alexandr Denisov
Saddle leather, with long cut leather fringe. Face solidly beaded with design of diamonds and half diamonds, made up of red, dark blue and yellow rectangles on white ground. Beaded band on reverse and slong curve of flap edge. Penn Museum. Saddle Leather, Long Cut, Reverse, Diamonds, Half
Pouch, Arapaho.
Saddle leather, with long cut leather fringe. Face solidly beaded with design of diamonds and half diamonds, made up of red, dark blue and yellow rectangles on white ground. Beaded band on reverse and slong curve of flap edge. Penn Museum.
Alexandr Denisov
Alexandr Denisov
Pouch, Sioux (uncertain). Nez Perce (uncertain). Materials: Buckskin, Quill, Bead. Length: 7.6 cm. Width: 8.9 cm. Buckskin; one side is decorated with a red bead horse on solid blue beading; the other with a bird-headed man (dark blue, green and yellow) on solid red beading. Skin fringe. Carrying string of skin twisted with quills. Penn Museum. Blue Green, Ethnic Jewelry, Headed
Pouch.
Pouch, Sioux (uncertain). Nez Perce (uncertain). Materials: Buckskin, Quill, Bead. Length: 7.6 cm. Width: 8.9 cm. Buckskin; one side is decorated with a red bead horse on solid blue beading; the other with a bird-headed man (dark blue, green and yellow) on solid red beading. Skin fringe. Carrying string of skin twisted with quills. Penn Museum.
Alexandr Denisov
Alexandr Denisov
One of 2 panels w/human figures. Cheyenne River Reservation. Purchased from Mrs. M. A. Thompson, 1916. Bibliography: Williams, Lucy F. 2003. Guide to the North American Ethnographic Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 71, pl. 80 Penn Museum. University Of Pennsylvania, Human Figures, Ethnographic, Anthropology, Archaeology, Thompson, Philadelphia
BAG PANEL, SIOUX.
One of 2 panels w/human figures. Cheyenne River Reservation. Purchased from Mrs. M. A. Thompson, 1916. Bibliography: Williams, Lucy F. 2003. Guide to the North American Ethnographic Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 71, pl. 80 Penn Museum.
Alexandr Denisov
Alexandr Denisov