Two Sioux beaded bags


Including a wide sheath-like pouch, tapered and fringed, with fully-beaded front; and a rectangular woman's handbag, similarly patterned on front and back, fringed along the sides, with roll-beaded loop handles.length 16 and 8 inches (not including handles)
|The woman's handbag carries a handwritten note that reads: "This beaded purse was bought by George Aydelotte from the Sioux at the Rosebud Reservation. He went there when the first Reservation was opened for settlement but he didn't take any land as it all looked too bleak after Indiana...It was given to us by his daughter Alice Giles in November 1985."