Gorgeous Antique Native American Beaded Hide Purse with Sinew Stitching, Presumed Plateau german mosaic blocks painted red--and certainly they look

painted red--and certainly they look like a devout pair

Fun 1840s style--which I must say is pretty clever and engaging fun

nice bevelled detailing

The wagon wheel behind her makes for a pretty great formal element

the others depicted figures

Gorgeous Antique Native American Beaded Hide Purse with Sinew Stitching, Presumed Plateau german mosaic blocks painted red--and certainly they look(First photo composite showing both sides.) Stunning, with these best blue glass beads, which are tiny tiny, against which the beaded patterns just vibrate, especially that red. Made of hide, which is visible on the interior, as are sinew stitches attaching the handle. C. 1900 I believe, with related examples out there using commercially produced clasping handles like this, which would have been traded for. (A photo of a late 19th century Sioux purse