09-15-200109-15-2001
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2074
September 15, 2001 10:00 AMCalender
177

Northern Plains Beaded and Quilled Hide Pouch

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$14,950$13,000
Auction: Sale #2074 - 2074Location: BoltonDate / Time: September 15, 2001 10:00AM

Description:

Northern Plains Beaded and Quilled Hide Pouch, Crow, c. 1870s, the square buffalo hide pouch with long triangular flap beaded with classic Crow geometric devices in white-center red, green, dark blue, and white on a medium blue ground, with a long unadorned belt and quill-wrapped fringes, original tag reads "Sioux Indian Man's Ornament used by dancers Crow Agency Montana 1889," (some bead loss),flap lg. 10 1/2 in. Provenance: Collected on the Crow Reservation in the late 1880s.
Estimate $4,000-6,000