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A Group of Plains Drops
Estimate: $500-$700
Live Auction
Native American Art: The Lifetime Collection of Forrest Fenn, Part I
Description
A Group of Plains Drops
fourth quarter 19th century

lot of 9, includes:
 
a group of brass and German silver bells
overall length 6 inches
 
sinew-sewn hide drop; beaded lanes on top bundle with long hide fringe coated with orange pigment and strung with brass beads line the lower edge
overall length 16-1/4 inches
 
hide drop with twelve hide things ending in dew claws and red wool
overall length 5-1/2 inches
 
a brass thimble attached to a hide thong with red ribbon
overall length 9-1/2 inches
 
a harness leather drop with graduated German Silver buttons
length 10-1/4 inches
 
four sinew-sewn hide rondels; each with matching concentric beaded design around a brass button with hide fringe attachments
diameter 2-1/8 inches each