Lot 29: Native Style Bag and Horn Set by: Ronald Turner, Kyle Lively, and Christine Tolbert

This Native style bag and horn set was made to accompany a Native style gun. The set was crafted by three 2024 CLA New and Aspiring Artists – Ron Turner, Christine Connolly Tolbert of Once Upon a Loom, and Kyle Lively of Three 21 Leatherworking.

The horn was hand made by Ron Turner and measures 15.5” around the outer curve. It is a Native style horn with scrimshawed geometric designs. The base plug has been hand shaped and hand fitted, and is secured with hand whittled wooden pegs. The spout also features a hand whittled plug. The horn is sealed with a beeswax and tallow mixture and has been slightly aged to match the accompanying bag.

The horn strap was hand-woven by Christine Connolly Tolbert of Once Upon a Loom. It is tied to the throat of the horn using brain-tanned leather tabs and thongs. It is fastened to the hand-forged nail in the base plug using a brain-tanned leather tab.

The deerskin bag was hand-sewn by Kyle Lively of Three 21 Leatherworking. He processed the hides used to make the bag, using bark-tanned leather for the strap and a hide softened in neatsfoot oil and ivory soap for the pouch itself. The body of the bag measures 9.5” wide by 11” long, and the open-topped pouch compartment is 7.75” long. The bag features a hand-dyed yellow silk ribbon at the top, red silk fabric at the opening, and tin cones with deer hair along the bottom.