02-11-201302-12-2013
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2636BBoston
February 11, 2013 12:00 PMCalender
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Lakota Miniature Pictorial Tepee

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$24,000$20,000
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2636BLocation: BostonDate / Time: February 11, 2013 12:00PM

Description:

Lakota Miniature Pictorial Tepee, c. last quarter 19th century, with green and yellow pigment overall and depicting four Lakota warriors on horseback confronting three unmounted Crow warriors, with a broad yellow stripe down the center and multicolored beaded stripes with wool tufts, with four yellow circles outlined in beads, and detailed with quill-wrapped rawhide slats and tin cone and horse hair danglers, 46 1/2 x 26 1/4 in.

Estimate $20,000-25,000


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