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Steven Darden

Steven A. Darden

White Bear Woman's Medicine Bag

TRIBAL AFFILIATION:
Navajo Nation

BOOTH NUMBER:
MAR 815

MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE:
The bag is made from brain tanned/smoke antelope hide beaded with size 13 cutglass beads, lazy stitch is used. Tin cones are sewn to bottom edge and on the long bead-decorated hide fringes. This is an old form of traditional beading. Hide handle attached and adorned with bone hair pipe and brass beads