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Strike-a-light bag
Native American, Kiowa
around 1860
Object Place: Plains
Medium/Technique
Leather, glass beads, metal cones, shell beads
Dimensions
Overall: 48.3 × 10.2 cm (19 × 4 in.)
Other (case): 16.5 × 9.5 cm (6 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)
Other (case): 16.5 × 9.5 cm (6 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund
Accession Number2017.1504.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBeaded Kiowa strike-a-light bag with blue and red geometric beaded pattern outlined in white. Shell and brass beads threaded through ties at top. Fringe of metal cones along curved edge of flap and across the bottom. Long leather tails at bottom corners with silver-gilt metal ornaments. Nickel silver, or "German Silver," concho or button on flap
ProvenanceBetween about 1866 and 1869, acquired in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) by Dr. George Dillwyn Cook (b. 1841 - d. 1909), Vassalboro, ME [see note]; by inheritance to his son, Harold Elijah Cook, Gardiner, ME; by inheritance to his son, Harold E. Cook, Jr., Lewiston, ME; 1983, sold by Harold E. Cook, Jr., to Charles Derby, North Hampton, MA; 2017, sold by Charles Derby to Douglas Deihl, Boston; 2017, sold by Douglas Diehl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 21, 2017)