Two small bags - North America, Iroquois
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a) small cloth bag, embroidered with coloured beads, m: 7 cm x 7,5 cm; b) rectangular leather bag with mirror inside, Plains, circular hide emblem attached, m: 9 cm x 11,5 cm, both with slight traces of usage.
Plains Indian warriors often kept their coveted trade mirrors in a special pouch. Mirrors were used to apply face pigment before going on the infamous "war trail".
Provenance:
Christian Pysik, Aachen, Germany
Lit.: Brant Mackley Gallery (ed.), Tribal Masterworks from America and Beyond, Philadelphia 2008, p. 31
Plains Indian warriors often kept their coveted trade mirrors in a special pouch. Mirrors were used to apply face pigment before going on the infamous "war trail".
Provenance:
Christian Pysik, Aachen, Germany
Lit.: Brant Mackley Gallery (ed.), Tribal Masterworks from America and Beyond, Philadelphia 2008, p. 31
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Two small bags - North America, Iroquois
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