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Saddle-bag
Native American, Sioux
early 1870s
Object Place: United States, Plains
Medium/Technique
Buckskin and beadwork
Dimensions
Overall (Including fringe): 38 x 212 x 2 cm (14 15/16 x 83 7/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number02.411
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBuckskin, ornamented by two broad bands and a narrow connecting band of geometric design, worked with strings of beads tacked by parallel lines of sewing at intervals of about one centimeter. Design is red, blue, and green on a white ground. Fringe on two ends.
Provenance1902, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 1, 1902)