Unknown Maker, Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)

Tipi bags were used by some Plains Native American tribes to transport belongings between camps. This bag is adorned with glass beadwork, tin cones, and horsehair. Horses are culturally important for many tribes, and continue to be essential in hunting and ranching. Horsehair is often used for adornment.

These gauntlet-style gloves are decorated with porcupine quills and glass beads. Leather gloves with extended cuffs were worn by men in the US military and adopted by Plains, Plateau, and Great Basin Native Americans. Many tribes practice quillwork. This Cheyenne artist quilled a floral design, perhaps inspired by the plants that surrounded them.

—SB