A tanned leather pouch (Native American Ute) used by Chipeta. The pouch has multicolor lazy stitch beadwork in triangle, diamond and band designs, a flap, strap, thong, sinew and fringe at the bottom.
Date
[between 1875 and 1900]
Notes
Accession ID: E.1856; History Colorado.; Curatorial note supplied by History Colorado: "Commercial tanned leather beaded pouch, Ute, meant to be attached to a belt. Lazy stitch beadwork all over front surface, around back edge and around semi-circular edge at top flap. Fringed at bottom. Front beadwork: white ground, geometric design, vaguely figurative, consisting of four green right triangles, two at top, two at bottom, each facing the other, separated by a yellow diamond at central part of design. Yellow diamond has stepped edge in blue, with a blue, white and red square at its center. A horizontal line of blue beadwork extends from each side terminating in small triangles pointing outward. Above and below the yellow diamond are the green right triangles, bordered in dark blue, with yellow squares at the center. Also shooting out the top and bottom of the central yellow diamond, (between the green triangles), are similar lines and small triangles as described above, only these are red and green. Top flap beadwork: decorated band in blue, gray, yellow and red triangles on white ground. Back beadwork: outlined band in blue and red on white. Pouch has leather strap. With fringe at bottom. Stitched "S" design in leather also on back. Beadwork is on sinew."; Object ID: E.1856.1; Scanned image from loaned transparency including Object ID.; Title supplied.; R7200029195
Physical Description
1 pouch : leather and beadwork ; 46 x 19 cm. (18 x 7 1/2 in.)
