NATIVE AMERICAN GREEN DYED, BEADED & QUILLED PIPE
BAG. 26" overall with rawhide fringe, John Baldwin's "PIPE BAGS - TOBACCO BAGS OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER" states "green dyed pipe bags are rare". Design is likely Sioux. Large 7" x 7" beaded panels alternately sewn from white to sky blue with red, green and blue pallet. Dyed quill work is red, white and purple. Green dyed is prominent on white ground side, just traces on other. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: copy of page from Baldwin's text. CONDITION: good overall, hide is dry, soiled, and stained; beading is 99% intact, quill work also appears complete. PROVENANCE: From the Collection of Lenard Cave. (02-27943/JS). NON-GUN. $800-1,200.
BAG. 26" overall with rawhide fringe, John Baldwin's "PIPE BAGS - TOBACCO BAGS OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER" states "green dyed pipe bags are rare". Design is likely Sioux. Large 7" x 7" beaded panels alternately sewn from white to sky blue with red, green and blue pallet. Dyed quill work is red, white and purple. Green dyed is prominent on white ground side, just traces on other. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: copy of page from Baldwin's text. CONDITION: good overall, hide is dry, soiled, and stained; beading is 99% intact, quill work also appears complete. PROVENANCE: From the Collection of Lenard Cave. (02-27943/JS). NON-GUN. $800-1,200.
