A Sioux Elk Dreamer's Society Quilled Hide Possible Bag

composed of tanned buffalo hide, porcupine quills, glass beads, tin cones and horse hair, with a depiction of an elk.

Acquired from Ilene and Bruce Johnson, Evergreen, CO

Good overall condition with wear typical for age. The quill work is slightly faded and abrated in places. There is a small hole on the bags upper right corner.
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For a discussion of elk imagery in Sioux art, please see Ralph T. Coe, Sacred Circles, London, 1976, p. 181: "Supernatural power lay behind manifestations of sexual desire; consequently numerous mythical creatures were thought to control such power, and of these the bull elk was the most important."