Saddlebag
| Native Name | Ilch'a Izis |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 22337 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | White Mountain Apache |
| Provenience: | Apache Fort Apache |
| Culture Area: | Southwest Culture Area |
| Date Made: | ca. 1900 |
| Early Date: | 1890 |
| Late Date: | 1902 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Rawhide Buckskin Wool Flannel Glass |
| Length: | 200 cm |
| Width: | 31 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Mary Yorke and Ellen McIlvaine Macauley, 1902 |
Description
Folded hide saddlebag with long fringe. The fringe toward the center is cut into straight strips and fringe toward the sides is cut into strips with scalloped edges resembling large circles. The upper section of the bag has a layer of red flannel with cutout strips of hide overtop. Long, thin fringe flanks the sides and bottom of the cutout design. The lower section of cutout design has white, red, and green beads spaced intermittently.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Living in Balance: The Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, and Apache (20 May 1995 - 2013) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| American Indian Life 1776-1976 ( Dec 1976 - 1978) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] 1976. American Indian Life: 1776-1976.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 17 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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