Vintage Plains Beaded Hide Tobacco Bag-Indian Thunderbird-Fringed-Native

Description

Vintage plains beaded Thunderbird Tobacco Bag on hide that is 23 inches long with the fringe......
The bag is beaded with red, black, white and turquoise blue seed beads with a net design near the bottom.....
Native Americans would store there pipe and tobacco in a bag like this......
Excellent condition with no bead loss and most likely from the mid to late 20th century....
The
thunderbird
is a
legendary creature
in certain
North American indigenous peoples'
history and culture. It is considered a supernatural being of power and strength.
Pacific NW (
Haida
) imagery of a double thunderbird
It is especially important, and frequently depicted, in the art, songs and oral histories of many
Pacific Northwest Coast
cultures, but is also found in various forms among some peoples of the
American Southwest
,
East Coast of the United States
,
Great Lakes
, and
Great Plains
.