Description:

Native American, Northwestern United States, Montana, Plateau Tribes, Flathead Reservation, ca. mid to late 20th CE. This is a dazzling beaded textile bag made from floral cotton and green fabric and leather handles. The front panel is entirely covered in glass seed and some tubular beads randomly scattered as a rainbow ground, with beaded chevron and diamond motifs. Native people in the Columbia River Plateau region (eastern Oregon / Washington, northern Idaho and western Montana) were highly talented with beadwork, making bags and purses such as this for personal use and sale. Inside this bag was a paper note "Nancy Clond / Flathead Indian / 93 years old / St. Regis / Montana," possibly the artist's name and where this bag was acquired from. Size: 12" L x 10" W (30.5 cm x 25.4 cm)

Please note this item falls under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and is not eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.

Provenance: private Alamo, California, USA collection, acquired in Montana, USA in 1962

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  • Condition: Beading is intact and excellent. Some staining to interior cloth lining, but overall excellent condition.

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