Great Basin Beaded Tobacco Bag, circa 1890 21398 blue and white

blue and white

potentially after a severe flood

and pine green

Original painting depicting a western scene with a cowboy cooking over an open fire surrounded by longhorn cattle with a covered wagon

Abstracted portrait of an old woman

Great Basin Beaded Tobacco Bag, circa 1890 21398 blue and whiteBeaded Shoshone tobacco bag (pipe bag) from the late 19th century. Constructed of native tanned hide and expertly beaded with glass trade beads in greasy yellow, red white hearts, translucent green, light and dark blue. Upper fringe is quill wrapped with red white heart beads separating the fringe. Pictorial elements in the beadwork include tepee (tipi) motifs. The Shoshone peoples are members of the Great Basin or Transmontane Culture Area. At the