DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada
K’pit-lima sapk’ukt (beaded bag or pouch)
NameBeaded pouch or bag
Artist
Ellen Lear Underwood
(American and Wasco, 1849-1908)
CultureWasco
Date1880-1890
Place madeThe Dalles, Oregon, United States, Plateau and Great Basin, North America
Mediumbeads, leather (hide)
DimensionsH: 9” W: 4”
Credit LineGift of the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts
Object numberA.2025.29.19
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Eleanor Tulman-Hancock, New York, NY; Gift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025 to Coe Center; 2025 MOIFA
DescriptionA cone shaped beaded bag or pouch, pull to close, with two rows of beaded animal with antlers and one row of people joined at the hands. The bottom of the bag has seed beaded loops in green.
Late 20th century
late 20th Century
