LEATHER retailer BEADED PURSE

Native North Americans tended to place great importance on how well-matched a carrying case was to its contents. Not only were native bags specially sized and shaped to hold an individual type of object, they were retailer often decorated to indicate precisely what belonged inside of them. Regardless of their material, Native American bags were often painted, beaded, or quilled with the characteristic tribal designs of the craftsperson (usually a woman) who made it--particularly if the bag was designed to hold something sacred, such as a medicine bag or tobacco bag, or was being made as regalia for a fiancé, daughter or son.


Leather beaded pouch. Diamond design beading in yellow, red, orange, blues and white. Total length is 18 inches. Purse is 7 inches tall and 6 inches wide. Velcro closure. Hand crafted in Northern Saskatchewan.