Lot 615
Northern Plains Indian, Small Leather Hide Bag/Envelope. 19th Century Northern Plains Indian leather hide bag with some beading. Bag measures 9 x 7", has a flap closure and scattered remnants of fur. Bag is dry and stiff and has clearly been passed over numerous decades and along the way used heavily, beads replaced, some haphazardly added and the like. But the most arresting ornamentation is old sewn strip of half a zipper. No function but as a trim. Bag has a 7 inch section of copper, the size of a clothes hanger with an eyelet twisted on each end, tucked just under the flap, so bag could be hung for display. Noting the oxidation on copper, it has been for sometime. While condition rough, still very appealing and certainly stout. We note only a dab of adhesive used to keep flap folded in place. Estimated Value $200 - UP
From The Private Collection of James Harrison Ring.
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