Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025

Lot 176

An Ute saddle bag

Estimate £4,000 - £6,000

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Description

An Ute saddle bag
Great Basin, North America, 19th century
hide with lazy stitch beadwork in white, yellow, red, dark blue and turquoise, of geometric designs, slits to the centre for access to the two bags, three edges with tassels and the two ends with remains of red fibre stitching,
195cm long, 40cm wide, with a stand. (2)

Provenance
By repute sold at a Country House auction in 1920.
John and Valerie Arieta, London.
Richard Hook Collection, UK.