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Crow Fully Beaded Mirror Flat Bag 19th Century

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD
Crow Fully Beaded Mirror Flat Bag 19th Century
The lot features a fully beaded flat mirror bag from the Crow Native American Indians of the 10th Century. The piece shows an Indian tanned hide and trade tent canvas being completely covered on all sides with period correct 1800’s glass trade seed beads in a whimsical floral pattern. The front shows a fancy fully beaded cutout at the center which exposes the original mirror which sits inside the flat bag. The beadwork is expertly done being extremely tight in a diagonal pattern being all whimsical floral in colors of chalk white, Cheyenne pink, cobalt, sky padre blue, medium green, light green, dark red / maroon and red with the back also being floral in similar colors with the addition of corn yellow. The bag has a calico trade clothe border at the bottom and fully rope beaded top handle and single fringe being further accented by the full row of long hand cut Indian tanned hide fringe at the base. The bag is in very good well-preserved condition for its age with little to no bead loss and fine beadwork. Provenance: From a large and important American Indian collection in Billings, Montana. Measures 23”L by 7.5”W.