Sioux Pair of Beaded Possible Bags, ca. 1860-1870
A pair of matching possible bags with lazy-beaded decorative recto panels in which three green/red triangle-diamond-triangle motifs alternate with floating navy crosses on a blue ground. The sides are accented with pink horse hair stuffed tin cones.
Each: 14 1/2 x 20 in. (36.83 x 50.80 cm.)
John W. Painter Collection
Private Collection, Arizona

Literature:
John W. Painter, A Window on the Past, Early Native American Dress from The John Painter Collection, Cincinnati Art Museum and Orange Frazer Press, 2002, No. 135.
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The bags are in overall very good condition, consistent with age and use. Some minor scattered areas of bead, cone and horse hair loss. A few minor areas of historic repair. Leather supple and flexible.
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