Tlingit Beaded Octopus Bag San Ildefonso It is quite a wonderful

It is quite a wonderful and wearable piece

The reverse side has four vertical groups of alternating thin single strand wool sideways "V's"

This exceptional bag is in excellent condition

the maple leaf design suggests Canada

Tlingit Beaded Octopus Bag San Ildefonso It is quite a wonderfulThis is a piece for someone who truly appreciates really old and unusual Native art. The designs on both sides are complicated and exuberant with a wide mixture of forms and color of beads. It is a cloth bag made with thin red trade cloth which has darkened over time, probably from smoke and use. The beads in the design are exceptionly tiny. The design has bead loss on both faces but it does not distract from the impact the bag makes when you look at