Saddlebag
58-19-1
From: Great Plains (Plain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 58-19-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cheyenne (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Great Plains (Plain) |
| Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Date Made | 1830-1850 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Buffalo Hide | Bead | Tin | Quill |
| Description | Rectangular. Made from worn-out parfleche of bison rawhide. (See painted design on interior). Front (including flap) decorated with black and white "pony" beads (lazy stitch and sinew thread used). Double row of blue "pony" beads on side seams; also pairs of "tinklers." Two sets of three long buckskin (?) fringes with "tinklers" and intermittent wrapping of undyed quills pendent from flap-tying strips. Three pairs of holes in back surface and two short skin loops for buckskin (?) strap. Unusual and fine old piece. |
| Height | 44.2 cm |
| Width | 44 cm |
| Depth | 6.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1958 |
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