Inside this pouch is a wooden mirror board—now missing its mirror—decorated with brass tacks. The pouch hangs from a coyote fur shoulder sash. The beaded double figure, or double-headed figure, on the pouch, may represent its owner’s spirit protector.

Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian
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