Kiowa Strike – A – Lite Beaded Bag, Circa 1875

Kiowa Tribe

Circa 1875 | Commercial Hide, Glass Beads, Hide | Item 2251

This is a classic Kiowa strike-A-Lite bag with all the right bead colors. Deep, wine red beads make up the background with sky blue and white beads creating the vertical designs. The flap is beaded with the same colors, and then the back bottom portion has all three colors again. The flap and the bottom are trimmed with tin cones. The sides are trimmed with white beads. The beads are sewn on with sewn braided together. Large white and blue beads at the the end of braided hand drops at each corner

Price
SOLD
Dimensions 14" overall, Bag is 6 1/2" by 3 1/2" including tin cones
Condition Very good with a few loose strands of beads
Provenance Acquired originally from Mac Grimmer of Santa Fe, NM
Kiowa beaded strike a lite circa 1875, commercial hide and tin cones as fringe available James Compton Gallery