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Cheyenne Fully Beaded Pipe Bag 19th Century

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD
Cheyenne Fully Beaded Pipe Bag 19th Century
This is an exceptionally attractive fully beaded pipe bag dating the 19th Century and having excellent frilly fringe. The bag shows an excellent Indian tanned brain tanned Buffalo hide construction with traditional geometric period correct 19th Century glass trade seed beadwork along both sides. The beadwork shows chalk white, sky padre light blue, greasy yellow, cobalt, semi-transparent red, and medium green. The bag also shows the original tie straps still intact and shows old tarnished brass beads and hand-rolled tin jingle cones. At the bottom of the bag shows excellent Indian tanned hide long frilly fringe and the entire bag is in fine supple original condition with expected wear from age and use. This is truly a wonderful authentic period-correct piece of American Indian beadwork with awesome art appeal. The bag measures overall 31 inches long by 5 ¾ inches wide.