Strike-a-Light Case
- Culture
- Plains artist
- Date
- c.1890
- made in
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Containers, jewelry & personal accessories
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 6 1/2 × 3 5/8 in. (16.5 × 9.2 cm)
- Credit Line
- The Donald Danforth Jr. Collection, Gift of Mrs. Donald Danforth Jr.
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 49:2012
NOTES
This finely beaded bag, with its bold patterns of triangles, is finished with tin cones and a silver button. The elaborate decoration reflects the artists’ great attention to detail and their deep understanding of form, proportion, and balance.
In Plains society bags serve as external pockets and become important surfaces for individual adornment. This small bag is a woman’s strike-a-light bag, a container that stores the family’s flint for fire, ration cards, and personal items.
In Plains society bags serve as external pockets and become important surfaces for individual adornment. This small bag is a woman’s strike-a-light bag, a container that stores the family’s flint for fire, ration cards, and personal items.
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