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- United States
- strike-a-light bag, late 1800s–2007
- Where object was made: United States
- buckskin, metal, beading
- Object Length/Width: 15 x 6.5 cm length includes fringe but not loop
Object Length/Width: 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in length includes fringe but not loop - Source unknown
- Not on display
- 2007.1958
- United States
- Open page with bookmarkable url
- Multimedia
- Description
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The small rectangular buckskin pouch has a flap and a buckskin loop at the top. Red beads decorate the edge of the flap. The beaded decoration on the front is four bands of triangles: pink and tan, white and black, black and tan, pink and tan, and another band of black and white stripes. There is a fringe of tin cones and two long fringes with two cones on each. There is a small metal button to close the flap. The back has bands of black and white stripes on the sides and bottom. There is a rectangle made of a green triangle and black and dark blue triangle above the bottom band. The center is undecorated.