Southern Cheyenne Strike-a-lite / 1870

A strike-a-lite made from commercial leather, adorned with sinew-sewn seed beads. The obverse is fully beaded on the bodice, with an early cold-chiseled concho. The center is framed by two translucent green columns whereby two outward piercing triangles reside. The upper hemisphere consists of red and blue triangles bifurcated by yellow beads, on a white field. The bag terminates with ochre-stained fringe. 

7" long

#40091