Description:
Plateau Beaded Hide Girl's Dress, c. 1900, the yoke beaded in geometric designs using multicolored pony beads and a variety of iridescent tubular beads, fringed with cowrie shells and unusual flower and scarab-shaped glass beads, (bead loss),lg. 36 1/2 in.
Estimate $4,000-6,000
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American Indian & Tribal Art
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