Two small bags · North America, Iroquois · ID: 3043332
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Provenance
Christian Pysik, Aachen, GermanyDescription
a) small cloth bag, embroidered with coloured beads, m: 7 cm x 7,5 cm; b) rectangular leather bag with mirror inside, Plains, circular hide emblem attached, m: 9 cm x 11,5 cm, both with slight traces of usage.
Plains Indian warriors often kept their coveted trade mirrors in a special pouch. Mirrors were used to apply face pigment before going on the infamous “war trail”.
The object Two small bags with the object ID 3043332 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 92.
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Comparing literature
Brant Mackley Gallery (ed.), Tribal Masterworks from America and Beyond, Philadelphia 2008, p. 31