UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, MESKWAKI, SAC [SAUK] & FOX, Beaded Pipe Bag, c. 1870
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UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, MESKWAKI, SAC [SAUK] & FOX
Beaded Pipe Bag, c. 1870
hide, glass beads, and cotton thread, 26 x 5.5 x 0.5 in (66 x 14 x 1.3 cm), measurements include fringe, contained in a custom made acrylic and canvas display case.
Provenance
By repute: with Captain Christopher C. Bashford, Calgary;
Private Collection, Toronto.
Pipe bags were technically functional, but they were also objects of prestige and as such they served as canvases for Indigenous beaders. In this fine example the two densely beaded panels mirror each other in shape and size, but not in design; why not take the opportunity to have two completely different geometric designs on one work? The edges of the upper half of the bag feature dense lines of beading. One line functions as a seam, while the other is sewn to mirror it. The very top of the bag is delicately scalloped.
References:For a similar example see Barbara A. Hail, Hau, Kóla!: The Plains Indian Collection at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, (Bristol, RI: Haffenreffer Museum, Brown University, 1980/83), cat. 236. For more double-sided and fringed pipe bag, see First Arts Auction, November 2021, Lots 69 and 70.
Beaded Pipe Bag, c. 1870
hide, glass beads, and cotton thread, 26 x 5.5 x 0.5 in (66 x 14 x 1.3 cm), measurements include fringe, contained in a custom made acrylic and canvas display case.
Provenance
By repute: with Captain Christopher C. Bashford, Calgary;
Private Collection, Toronto.
Pipe bags were technically functional, but they were also objects of prestige and as such they served as canvases for Indigenous beaders. In this fine example the two densely beaded panels mirror each other in shape and size, but not in design; why not take the opportunity to have two completely different geometric designs on one work? The edges of the upper half of the bag feature dense lines of beading. One line functions as a seam, while the other is sewn to mirror it. The very top of the bag is delicately scalloped.
References:For a similar example see Barbara A. Hail, Hau, Kóla!: The Plains Indian Collection at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, (Bristol, RI: Haffenreffer Museum, Brown University, 1980/83), cat. 236. For more double-sided and fringed pipe bag, see First Arts Auction, November 2021, Lots 69 and 70.
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UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, MESKWAKI, SAC [SAUK] & FOX, Beaded Pipe Bag, c. 1870
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