Saddle Bag Item Number: 11.694.9009 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Hide saddle bag with a long hide fringe on the ends and short fringe along the sides. The border of the bag is red felt banded in beads on top and bottom in a red and blue diamond pattern on a white background. Above the border is a zigzag beaded outline. On the body of the saddlebag are beaded diamond bursts with rawhide streamers. The saddlebag is sewn of sections of buck skin with a cut opening and short fringes along the length of the bag and long fringes along the ends.
Credit Line
Museum Expedition 1911, Museum Collection Fund
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1933
What
- Name
- Saddle Bag
- Identification Number
- 11.694.9009
- Type of Item
- saddle bag
- Material
- buffalo hide, wool cloth, bead and dye
- Overall
- length 41.0 in, width 11.8125 in
Who
- Culture
- “Osage/Southern Cheyenne” ?
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1933
Other
- Classification
- Animal Gear