Central Plains Quilled Hide Pipe Bag

Central Plains Quilled Hide Pipe Bag, Sioux, early fourth quarter 19th century, soft hide, roll-beaded at the top, with beaded side strip running to central beaded panel, with on each side, decorated with multicolored geometric devices, multicolored quill-wrapped rawhide slats and hide fringe from the bottom, lg. including fringe 31 in.

Provenance: Private collection, Washington State; The Charles Derby collection, Northampton, Massachusetts.

Literature: Eye of the Angel, Selections from the Derby Collection, 1990, number 26, p. 92.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

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