Native American Art

sinew-sewn and beaded using colors of white, red white-heart, cobalt, pea green, and cut brass; throat of bag and fringe coated with yellow pigment
overall length 33.5 in.
ca 1900

This tobacco bag is nearly identical to one in a 1907 photograph taken of three Brule Tribal members.  The photograph was taken by Perry Petrik and can be viewed through the South Dakota Digital Archives: (2015-01-30-313).