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May 6, 2016 10:00 AMCalender
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Rare Navajo Beaded Hide War Cap

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$8,610$7,000
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2893BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 06, 2016 10:00AM

Description:

Rare Navajo Beaded Hide War Cap, c. 1860s, with three mother-of-pearl buttons at the front, detailed with glass seed beads, large white center reds on the fringe at the back, and with perforated decoration, including four tabs hanging from the sides and back, dia. approx. 7 1/2 in.
Estimate $2,000-2,500


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