Deux petits sacs ·  Amérique du Nord, Iroquois · ID: 3043332

Description

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”.

Littérature comparée

Brant Mackley Gallery (ed.), Tribal Masterworks from America and Beyond, Philadelphia 2008, p. 31