A Blackfoot pipe bag Plains buckskin and coloured glass beads, the wavy top with bead edging and with side ties having bead edge tabs, the single panel with geometric designs and a conforming border, with beaded double tassels, circa 1890, 91cm long. Provenance Chief Calf Child, a headman of the Canadian Blackfoot in Alberta, during the early 20th century. Michael G. Johnson Collection, acquired March 2001. see photo of this lot being worn by Chief Calf Child, circa 1920.
A Blackfoot pipe bag Plains buckskin and coloured glass beads, the wavy top with bead edging and with side ties having bead edge tabs, the single panel with geometric designs and a conforming border, with beaded double tassels, circa 1890, 91cm long. Provenance Chief Calf Child, a headman of the Canadian Blackfoot in Alberta, during the early 20th century. Michael G. Johnson Collection, acquired March 2001. see photo of this lot being worn by Chief Calf Child, circa 1920.
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