This is an unusual and scarce wool stroud and hide beaded pipe tobacco bag from the Cheyenne Native American Indians. Wool stroud beaded pipe bags have been documented as a unique pattern used during the 1870’s. This can be seen by examples, such as the example from David Cook Galleries, which sold for approximately $9,700 from the Plateau 19th Century and featured a red trade cloth top and beaded bottom. Another example offered by Skinner’s Auction in January 2009 is from the third-quarter 19th Century and the “Yancton” (Yankton); it features a red cloth top and hide beaded bottom and had an estimate of $15,000-$20,000. Yet another example, the Ute beaded and quilled bag (circa 1870), features blue trade cloth top and hide bottom with significant damage; it was offered by our company in January 2021 and had an estimate of $2,500-$5,000. This example shows a red wool cloth with natural dye line at the top and Indian tanned hide base covered in glass trade seed beads in a geometric pattern with long Indian tanned hide fringe at the base. The piece is sinew and trade thread sewn. The beadwork shows a white background, rose, blue, and corn yellow. The top has a thick Indian tanned hide tie. The wool top is thick and doesn’t show any significant damage; the hide is soft and supple and there is little to no bead loss. The piece is made in the pattern and design of early examples attributed to the Cheyenne Native American Indians, with no documentation or attribution to age. Provenance: From a private museum collection in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of France. The pipe bag measures 41” L by 6 5/8” W.