Tribal Art & Antiquities - 19th September 2018

Lot 238

A Plains pouch

Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £180

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Description

A Plains pouch, possibly Potawatomi

buckskin, coloured glass beads and wool, one side with a Maple leaf, the other with a floral design, beaded edging and with a serrated rim, the drawstring with wool clusters and chequer bead tassels,

20.5cm long,

and an Assiniboine pouch, buckskin with a beaded panel front with a white ground and a series of triangles and two crosses, with open beaded edging and a scalloped rim, with a drawstring and a base fringe, 28.5cm long. (2)

Provenance

Potawatomi pouch - Ian Auld, London, UK, 1981.

The Ian West Collection.