Strike a light bags
Strike a light bags were quite common among the Plains Indians in the 19th century. They had both a practical and aesthetic function. The fire strikers were made of hardened carbon steel, which made them quite brittle.
Reproduction of a Cheyenne strike a light bag. It’s design is based on an extant historical original piece believed to have been found in a destroyed Cheyenne village after the Battle of Sand Creek in 1864. Length 15 cm (5,9″) without the suspension.
$590
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Strike a light bags were quite common among the Plains Indians in the 19th century. They had both a practical and aesthetic function. The fire strikers were made of hardened carbon steel, which made them quite brittle.
Beads manufactured nowadays differ from those made one or two hundred years ago, particulary in colour shades and shape. Old beads were all of European origin and made of glass. The articless discusses history of