Small women’s bag of commercial type, end '800 (Sioux of the East, Santee - Yankton)

Borsina femminile di tipo commerciale, fine '800 (Sioux dell’Est, Santee – Yankton)

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Tanned cervid leather, glass countries (covering stitching and festoon embroidery), animal fibre

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Indians of the Plains (Canada)

Small women’s bag of commercial type (probably made for missionaries) with embroidery depicting a stylized spider (protective animal and symbol of cleverness )
Late 800 (between 1890 until the end of 1930 this type of handbags were very popular with whites and were used to store pocket watches); (Sioux of the East, Santee - Yankton)