Plains Beaded Leather Pouch
Historical artifact -- Pouch;Leather Purse;Beaded Purse
Identifier:
C488
Description
Plains Beaded Leather Pouch. Small pear shaped flat pouch with scalloped white beading along the edge of the opening and along the seam. The front of the pouch has crystal white beading with brown and turquoise checker-like patterns. The turquoise is beaded in big blocks around the edge and the brown in thinner blocks through the center. The back of the pouch has opaque white rectangles, three rows tall, organized into the shape of a cross. The rectangles are aligned on a slight diagonal.
