Antique Cayuse Umitilla Beaded Hide-Cloth-Yarn Bag-Native American-Oregon

Description

Vintage Antique Cayuse Beaded Bag or Pouch made with hide on the inside, cloth and yarn.
The bag is 10 inches high by 5 inches wide and was found near Pendleton Oregon.
constructed of silver fabric that is deer skin leather lined with hand beaded with white silver, green, gold and red glass beads in a geometric design of what looks like a green tree in pot on the front and back of bag. The top is crocheted with gold cording. There is a baggie of extra red, green & silver beads enclosed. The purse had a handwritten note inside which stated “Cayuse Indian Pendleton”.
The bag is in excellent condition with no missing beads that we can see.
A great addition to your Plateau collection.
The
Cayuse
are a
Native American
tribe in what is now the state of
Oregon
in the
United States
. The Cayuse tribe shares a
reservation
and government in northeastern Oregon with the
Umatilla
and the
Walla Walla
tribes as part of the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
. The reservation is located near
Pendleton, Oregon
, at the base of the
Blue Mountains
.
The Cayuse called themselves the
Liksiyu
in the
Cayuse language
.
[2]
Originally located in present-day northeastern Oregon and southeastern
Washington
, they lived adjacent to territory occupied by the
Nez Perce
and had close associations with them. Like the Plains tribes, the Cayuse placed a high premium on warfare and were skilled horsemen. They developed the
Cayuse pony
. The Cayuse ceded most of their traditional territory to the United States in 1855 by treaty and moved to the Umatilla Reservation, where they have formed a confederated tribe.