Deux petits sacs
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- Deux petits sacs
Lot: 92
88e vente aux enchères Tribal ArtDeux petits sacs
Amérique du Nord, Iroquois
Provenance | Taille | Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation |
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Christian Pysik, Aachen, Germany | Cet objet n’est plus disponible. |
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".
Brant Mackley Gallery (ed.), Tribal Masterworks from America and Beyond, Philadelphia 2008, p. 31