Minneconjou Sioux Pictorial Possible Bag

Description
A native-tanned possible bag form, beaded with sinew-sewn seed beads, sewn with an applique stitch. The verso consists of a beaded panel in which two Sioux riders (the protagonists) pursue a fleeing Crow warrior. The scene occurs on a blue ground. Accenting the top edge of the panel are a series of concentric semi-circles colored in yellow, green, pink and blue. The same color scheme is used to decorate the top flap. Around the outside edge of the bag, covering the side seams, are a series of wrapping lanes colored in red, yellow and navy. Accompanying the bag is a custom wall stand.

Ex Professor Guy Dubois, FRANCE (acquired before 1950);

Handed down by descent
12″ tall, 17″ wide and 3″ deep

Published: Evan Mauer, “WORKING TOGETHER: A MASTERPIECE OF PLAINS BEADWORK CREATED BY MINICONJOU MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CHEYENNE RIVER RESERVATION” Thomas Cleary LLC: Summer 2022 (Summer 2022): 16-21; Thomas Cleary, “Pictorial Possible Bag” Native Arts Magazine (August/September 2022): 47;

Also to be included in a forthcoming work by Marsha Bol Ph.D., Director emerita of the Museum of International Folk Art, on woman’s Lakota beadwork.