Ken Williams Beaded "Shoshone #1" Beaded Bag

Item: JJ1168C
Material: vintage beads, copper bells and silk ribbon
Size: 7" x 5 1/4"
Period: Contemporary
Origin: Arapaho / Seneca
Artist: Ken Williams, Jr.

This is a contemporary beaded bag titled "Shoshone #1" by Arapaho/Seneca artist Ken Williams Jr. made from vintage glass beads, shell, copper bells and silk ribbon. The primary design features a beaded portrait of a Shoshone woman wearing traditional regalia, including a shell heishi necklace with a round shell pendant, with silk ribbon tied in the ends of her braided hair, all on a background of triangular panels in different hues of green. The bag has a beaded border of blue along the sides, fuchsia along bottom and light pink across top. The bag is finished with a beaded handle and is further adorned with beaded tassels with copper bells at each top corner and along the bottom edge.

SOLD

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