Sioux Beaded Tobacco Bags. Below are some examples and price guides to Sioux beaded tobacco bags and pouches, including a Sioux pictorial bag and a beaded hide bag.
A SIOUX PICTORIAL BEADED TOBACCO BAG Very finely beaded, depicting a distinctive warrior on horseback, on one side engaged in combat, on the other confronting three women, pairs of American flags rising above the panels, cross and box motifs up the neck, quill-wrapped slats at the bottom, the fringe now lacking.
Sold for US$ 10,700 (£ 8,224) inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2020
A SIOUX BEADED AND FRINGED HIDE TOBACCO BAG of rectangular form, sinew sewn and lane-stitched in various shades of opaque and translucent beads, each side with large-scale geometric motifs, a panel of rawhide slats below, wrapped with ivory, purple and bright pink-dyed porcupine quills, hide fringe along the bottom
Sold for USD 2,640 at Christie’s in 2006
Sioux Beaded Hide Tobacco Bag With diamond, square and triple cross motif, having a shaped top with bead trim and draw tie.
Sold for $4,780 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle in 2003
Sioux Beaded Hide Tobacco Bag
Sinew-sewn on thick hide and beaded using white, blue, pea green, and red white-heart; also decorated with tin cone fringe filled with dyed feathers, length 39 in. fourth quarter 19th century
Sold for $2,100 at Cowan’s Auctions in 2020
Unusual Sioux Pictorial Beaded Hide Tobacco Bag elaborately stitched in opaque, translucent and faceted metal beadwork, with an American and Cuban flag on the front, the reverse, with typical geometric motifs, the cut hide panel below wrapped in dyed porcupine quillwork; trimmed with tin cone pendants inserted with horsehair. length with fringe 38in.
he representation of Cuban flag is a highly unique feature of this bag. It’s likely that the bag was created by a Sioux woman for a member of her family serving in the Spanish American war, 1898 to 1901. At the time Cuba was ruled by Spain and the US aided Cuba in it’s quest for independence.
Sold for 10,625 USD at Sotheby’s in 2012
Wonderful oversized tobacco bag with full coverage beadd geometric designs using apple green, greasy yellow, and cobalt blue beads on a white background, with great twisted fringe
Sold for $1,600 at New Frontier Western Show & Auction in 2020
