Pair of Plains Quillwork Leg Cuffs

Description:

Pair of Plains Quillwork Leg Cuffs, fourth quarter 19th century, backed by red trade cloth, with leather strips top and bottom, decorated with brass tack-work, with shell and colored feathers attached, 8 1/2 x 10 in. each.

Provenance: Purchased at Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, sometime in the 1980s, Lot 255; private collection, New York City.
Estimate $600-900


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