DESCRIPTION

This one of a kind leather pouch is made of soft, smooth authentic deer skin. The leather is hand cut yet machine sewn on the inside, turned inside out and hand punched holes at the top hold a long strip of leather which is accented by 4 brown beads. The center beaded patch starts with a piece of buckskin which the glass beads are sewn in to pattern then sewn to the bag. The patch is non Native American made.

This is genuine natural leather with natural markings.

INFO

Native American Indian Bags
Much is often made of the idea that Indian people developed so many specialized bags, pouches, and other leather containers to assist them in their nomadic wanderings from place to place. In reality, though, Indian bag-making was just as prominent in highly settled agricultural tribes like the Cherokees and Navajos as it was among the Plains tribes who followed the buffalo herds. A leather bag is better suited for carrying certain objects than a pot or basket is, and 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 often decorated to indicate precisely what belonged inside of them. There were two very basic styles of American Indian bags: soft pouches, made of tanned animal hides (usually deerskin or elk skin), and stiff rawhide. Some modern Indian artists blur the two traditions by creating tanned buckskin purses with rawhide siding on the inside to give it the boxy look. Regardless of their material, Native American bags were often painted, beaded or quill 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. In recent centuries the great specificity of Indian bag design began to change, with the development of the catch-all "possible bag" that could be used to transport any of one's possessions. Today, both specific and possible bags are still being made and decorated by artists from many different tribes, and they continue to be a lively and practical part of native life, much more so than baskets or pottery, which are generally treated only as artwork these days. Since non-native women also like to carry a purse or handbag, Indian bags are commonly made as trade items today as well.

ARTIST

Navajo artist Dan Kullas and his wife live in Southern Arizona. His wife and family love to make leather pouches and we carry an assortment of other pieces of their art work their work in making smudging feathers. We love supporting the Kullas family and tribe so that they can build a better life for their family and reservation. Each time a Hogan os built we know we helped them make their dreams come true.

SIZE

Measuring this bag across the top lip is 4.0 inches. Across the center is 4.5 inches and across the bottom is 3 inches. Measuring top to bottom is 6.0 inches. The beaded patch measures 3.0 inches across on all sides.

WEIGHT

1.50 ounces

Tribes, Pueblos, Nations: Acoma, Cochiti, Isleta, Jemez, Jicarilla Apache Nation, Laguna, Mescalero Apache nation, Nambe, Navajo Nation, Ohkay Owingeh, Picuris, Pojoaque, Sandia, San Felipe, San IIdefonso, Santa Clara, Santo Domingo, Taos, Tesuque, Zia, Zuni

AUTHENTICITY

Certificate of Authenticity - This original piece of Native American art is new unless otherwise listed as vintage or pawn. It will arrive accompanied by our official Letter of Authenticity which documents the Native American artists name, tribal affiliation, gemstone materials, sterling silver and the price you paid so that it will help you establish and maintain accurate records. We take the utmost care in shipping it to you and it will arrive cleaned, polished and well packed for safety in a sealed bag wrapped in tissue paper in a gift bag.
We travel to New Mexico, the Native American jewelry capital of the world, and visit other artists throughout the Southwest 4 to 5 times a year to purchase direct from the traders or the artists themselves. My mother was born and raised in the West and still lives and works in the Grand Canyon. The Native Americans have always been a part of our lives and we have always surrounded ourselves with their culture and beautiful works of art.

All of our items are bought directly from individual artists or from well established, well known wholesalers and traders between Gallup, the reservations, Santa Fe and Albuquerque. We love to buy directly from the artists so we can support their craft as well as provide them a living for their incredible talents. It helps to bypass the middleman so we can send money back to our adopted families at the reservation.

It is against the law to post an item as authentic Native American if it is not. We do our best to describe each piece by the description, where it came from and the artist. We guarantee you will not find any fake, cheap or imported jewelry on our site. All of our items are Authentic Native works of art. All of our jewelry contains genuine silver, silver, gold and contains no pot metal, nickel, rhodium, pewter or other precious metal substitutes.