beaded bag, unrecorded Ka’igwu artist

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unrecorded Ka’igwu artist, beaded bag
unrecorded Ka’igwu artist, beaded bag
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist
beaded bag
late 1800s
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist, artist
beaded bag, late 1800s
Where object was made: Southwestern United States
Material/technique: tin; buckskin; beading; leather; pigment
Dimensions:
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 26 x 12.5 cm
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 4 15/16 x 10 1/4 in
Credit line: Gift from the Harold Eicholtz Collection
Accession number: 2007.1433
Not on display
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People hung a strike-a-light bag, which was used to contain flints for making fire, from their belts. The bags were the appropriate size to hold government ration tickets during the later, reservation period. The checkerboard pattern on this bag is found in work by several plains tribal groups.