A pair of Nez Perce pictorial beaded pommel bags
Of commercial leather, each flap beaded with a horse on a blue ground; one blue, one red.
length 33in, width 8in
Footnotes:
Provenance
Per the collector's notes, ex-collection of Joe Pinkum, grandson of Chief White Bird; accompanied by a handwritten invoice from Medicine Valley Trading Co. from August 1986 stating as such;
Property from the Collection of Joel and Kate Kopp, New York

Fair condition with general dust accumulation, soiling, and wear to leather commensurate with age and use. Hide lacings likely replaced. One flap with scattered lost beads to the upper right and center right side. Bags are shedding red powdery residue.