Great Basin Beaded Tobacco Bag, circa 1890 21398 Early 20th century Sioux Parfleche

Early 20th century Sioux Parfleche box crafted from hide and hand painted in geometric patterns with pigments circa 1900

The composition features an older woman seated and cooking a meal in a large pot

Original painting depicting a western scene with a cowboy cooking over an open fire surrounded by longhorn cattle with a covered wagon

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Great Basin Beaded Tobacco Bag, circa 1890 21398 Early 20th century Sioux ParflecheBeaded Shoshone tobacco bag (pipe bag) from the late 19th century. Constructed of native tanned hide and expertly beaded with glass trade beads in greasy yellow, red white hearts, translucent green, light and dark blue. Upper fringe is quill wrapped with red white heart beads separating the fringe. Pictorial elements in the beadwork include tepee (tipi) motifs. The Shoshone peoples are members of the Great Basin or Transmontane Culture Area. At the