05-05-201805-05-2018
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Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
3099BBoston
May 5, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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Central Plains Pictorial Quilled Pipe Bag

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Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 3099BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 05, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

Central Plains Pictorial Quilled Pipe Bag, Sioux, c. 1870s, with beaded trim, quilled and cone-wrapped ties hung from the top, with short hide fringe, lower quilled panel with buffalo imagery in the center, the reverse with geometric pattern, with red quill-wrapped rawhide slats providing for a multicolored design on both sides, with a long fringe, lg. 34 in.
Estimate $5,000-7,000


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