A SIOUX PICTORIAL BEADED HIDE VEST. c. 1890...

Description

A SIOUX PICTORIAL BEADED HIDE VEST
c. 1890

sinew sewn and lane-stitched in various shades of glass seed beads, the front, with a pair of confronting men, each wearing a long eagle feather war bonnet, and grasping a lance trimmed with eagle feathers, the back, with a pair of mounted warriors, each seated on a saddle blanket, wearing traditional garb, and grasping a lance, their horses with branded hind quarters and tails tied up, hide fringe along the bottom

Provenance:
From the Valentine Pasvolsky Collection

Length: 19 inches, including fringe


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