Plains Quilled and Fringed Bag 1870's The basket was used but

The basket was used but is in excellent condition

of belt 34"

These diamond design elements are face like because of the two light colored crosses in the middle of them

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I don't know how early they showed up on the plains

Plains Quilled and Fringed Bag 1870's The basket was used butThis is a large "U" shaped bag with a quilled "bull's eye" design in the center on a field of narrow quilled red lines spaced about " apart. The bullseye has an orange quilled center with purple, white, and red quilled concentric bands. Hanging from the narrow opening at the top is a band of quilled rawhide slats with tin cones with purple dyed down. The bag has one inch fringe along the bottom and sides. The back has a single red quilled "X" across