Large Plateau Cornhusk bag with Two 8 Point Stars fringed The designs on both sides

The designs on both sides are complicated and exuberant with a wide mixture of forms and color of beads

in descending rows on the tab

Around the handle grip is carved "Made by Wm Nichols of Kas" and at end of the handle the date "1888"

The silversmiths

Large Plateau Cornhusk bag with Two 8 Point Stars fringed The designs on both sidesThis is a large cornhusk bag with a strong visual design on the front side. It has two large 8 pointed stars with 6 small crosses arranged along the outside edges. The stars are woven with green arms and a large yellow rectangle in their centers with an open centered purple diamond in the center. The arms are outlined in red. The designs on both side are woven with colored wool yarns. An usual element for this bag is that both the warp and weft of the