09-24-201109-24-2011
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2563BBoston
September 24, 2011 10:00 AMCalender
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Penobscot Beaded Cloth Collar and Cuffs

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$24,885$21,000
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2563BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 24, 2011 10:00AM

Description:

Penobscot Beaded Cloth Collar and Cuffs, c. mid-19th century, red stroud edged with blue and green silk, with multicolored silk applique in a sawtooth pattern, with elaborate double C-scroll designs done in white, yellow, and blue seed beads, (minor loss),collar 23 1/4 x 20 1/2 (each side panel wd. 5 1/2),cuffs 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.

Provenance: Dr. Frank T. Siebert Collection, seen in a photograph of Penobscot Francis Stanislaus taken, 1935-40, (original photograph included).

Exhibitions: Uncommon Threads, Wabanaki Textiles, Clothing, and Costume, Maine State Museum, May 2009 May 2010; Abbey Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine.

Literature: Illustrated in Uncommon Threads, Bruce J. Bourque and Laureen A. LaBar, 2009, p. 84; American Indian Art magazine, Summer 2004, p. 71.
Estimate $20,000-30,000

Keywords

Francis Stanislaus, Frank T. Siebert, Maine, Maine State Museum, Harbor, Abbey Museum, Bar Harbor, Bruce J. Bourque, Laureen A. LaBar