American Indian Saddle Bag · WRSTL PLACE

Item sets: Afro-Indigenous People, Native Americans, and Artifacts of Missouri

Title: American Indian Saddle Bag
Description: Historical Item: American Indian Saddle Bag
Creator: Courtesy of Saint Louis Art Museum
Semester: Spring 2026
Subject: Saddle Bag
American Indian
Plateau
Ozark
Temporal Coverage: 1890 – 1890
Spatial Coverage: Ozarks region, Missouri
Language: English
Medium: Digital Photo
Source: https://www.slam.org/search/Native+American/page/6/
Explanation of Omeka Map Location: American Indian art made with Tanned hide, wool cloth, glass beads, cotton cloth, and metal sequins.
Plateau Artists based on the context of Missouri art, artists often referred to in relation to the Ozark Plateau (or the Ozarks region) are typically from southern Missouri, particularly areas around the Springfield Plateau and Salem Plateau. Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton, who captured Ozark life, was born in Neosho, Missouri.