Arapaho Pipe Bag

Native tanned deer hide, rawhide, Venetian beads, porcupine quill, sinew thread. Identical beaded panel on both sides. Dyed porcupine quill over rawhide slats with an outlined cross design and sky blue bead spacers between the slats at the bottom. Long fringe.

Condition: Very good condition. Seven lanes of bead loss on one side. One lane of bead loss on one seam edge. Quill loss of about 2%. Three rawhide slats broken from top. About 8 fringes missing at the bottom of the bag. Holes in the hide on the upper part of bag.

Circa: 1900