The Old West 2017
Plateau tribes, "Flat Bag" - Price Upon Request
The “flat bag” dates to the late Nineteenth or early Twentieth Century and was made by an artisan from the Plateau tribes of Idaho, eastern Montana, Washington and Oregon. The bag’s surface is decorated with glass beads, invented by the ancient Egyptians and later manufactured in quantity in Venice, Italy, up until the early Twentieth Century. The maker of this bag employed a technique called contour beading, using the concentric lanes of beads to accentuate the dynamic form of the hawk or eagle as it soars across the bag. The artist created the bag to show her skill and her status. The image also reveals her familiarity with and closeness to nature. The bird is set against a wonderful background of abstract flowers. Tony Herbst
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