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C.1890.  Large beaded Lemhi Shoshone saddle bag.  Green, white, blue, and cobalt seed beeds.  Variation of boxed eye design on edges.  Approximately 24" wide.  A note accompanying the bag indicates that hide is mountain sheep.  Possibly, this could be the work of a Sheepeater Shoshone who joined the Lemhis.  Collected from the Lemhi Shoshone Agency, Salmon, Idaho.  On display at the Lemhi County Historical Museum, Salmon, ID. .

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