A Flathead ceremonial double saddle bag Montana buckskin

A Flathead ceremonial double saddle bag

Montana

buckskin, velveteen, cloth, parfleche, coloured glass and brass beads, with fringes and two panels of a foliate sprays with two stars and stripes flags, circa 1920,

270cm long.

Provenance

Collected on the Flathead Reservation, Montana.

Curtright and Son, Tacoma, Washington.

Michael G. Johnson Collection, from the above Jan 2012.