Beadwork leather pouch.

Not mine but curious to hear thoughts on it. Condition not great. Is it NA made? Age? Origin?

 

I don't understand the torn/very unevenly cut appearance to some of the leather edges. The stitching seems very strange and haphazard. The fringe attachments say craft item to me (tied on). I'm leaning toward not NA, though I could be wrong.

 

Probably not Native American. The structure is confusing, and I can't ID the type pf leather from the photos. How big is it?

The beadwork has a West African esthetic, reminiscent of kente cloth.

 

Those were sentiments to a T. I don’t know enough not to verify though and wouldn’t want let something slide away being wrong.

 

I don’t think size was shared and I didn’t see it in person. The leather didn’t look right to me. The beadwork didn’t look NA to me but was kind of interesting which was part of the reason I bothered asking.

 

not any NA design I'm aware of....
no finesse....too many colors.....and what is it....
a pouch.....a sheath...... a one slice pizza box ???

it's not a strike a light...

 

I'm with the others, not NA.
And while it could be native to another culture, the look and execution aren't that great.

 

I'm getting a hippie vibe.

 

There was another issue I meant to point out. The backside of the beaded areas would typically be much tidier if NA. A lazy stitch would be used in a way that there would not be the long exposed traverses of thread. The thread would only go a very short distance as the next row would begin right next to where the last row ended. And a skilled beader would only go halfway into the leather, so you wouldn't even see the short traverses of thread.

 

I wonder if it might be just the front flap of a Yoruba bag/pouch similar to this -


https://www.andresmoragatextileart.com/tribal-art/adornment/apo-ifa-yoruba-priests-bag/