12-01-201812-01-2018
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December 1, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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Sioux Beaded and Quilled Hide Pipe Bag

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Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 3185BLocation: BostonDate / Time: December 01, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

Sioux Beaded and Quilled Hide Pipe Bag, Yankton Sioux, c. fourth quarter 19th century, the soft hide bag roll-beaded at the top with one lane of beadwork descending to a lower panel beaded on both sides, one side with box, cross and border in red, dark blue, and greasy yellow on a blue ground, the other side with multicolor geometrics on the blue ground, polychrome quilled rawhide slats and fringe from the bottom, three quill-wrapped danglers with cones along with a beaded roundel, lg. overall 39 in.

Provenance: Private collection, Long Island, New York; Sotheby's, New York, Sale 6537, Lot 424.
Estimate $2,500-3,000


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