Bag, Beaded, Flat, Plateau, Double Sided, Floral & Geometric, Vintage, '50's, 266 Size:N/S the details on this thing

the details on this thing are remarkable

Still residing on the Navajo reservation at Arizona/New Mexico border

figural inlay

Oscar Betz’s work was most prominent in the 1970s and 1980s

Bag, Beaded, Flat, Plateau, Double Sided, Floral & Geometric, Vintage, '50's, 266 Size:N/S the details on this thingIn their earliest forms, plateau bags were primitive and primarily utilitarian; woven from natural fibers like hemp and then cornhusks, used to store and transport food and supplies. They evolved into intricate, elaborate beaded works of art, like this one. This beautiful beaded plateau bag is a vintage find, dating back to the 1940s. The bag itself was crafted from muslin, and then intricately hand beaded with differing images on either side,