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Cheyenne Beaded Hide Possible Bags, Matched Pair
Estimate: $10,000-$15,000
Sold
$7,500
Live Auction
Native American Art
Description
Cheyenne Beaded Hide Possible Bags, Matched Pair
fourth quarter 19th century
sinew-sewn and beaded using colors of red white-heart, medium blue, greasy yellow, dark blue, and white; tin cones filled with red-dyed horsehair
each, height 14-1/2 inches x length 21 inches
Exhibited:
January 12 - April 2, 2017. Beauty Speaks for Us. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona.
From the Collection of Peter Schramm, Illinois
Condition
Hide is soft and pliable; minor scattered bead loss; old Native repair on both, of reinforcing the flap with a hide strip on the interior; small tears in the hide on flaps; one has some paint transfer on the back; the other has some smaller tears on the back along the lines of an old Native repair reinforced with sinew
Provenance
Ex Mark and Linda Miller Collection; Ex Toby Herbst, New Mexico