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Lot 407

Kiowa Child's Beaded Hide Shirt and Leggings
Sale 1073 - Native American Art, Session I
Sep 9, 2022 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$30,000 - 50,000
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Kiowa Child's Beaded Hide Shirt and Leggings
third quarter 19th century

thread and sinew-sewn shirt made of softly tanned hide; bib is coated in red pigment and detailed with a row of domed German silver buttons and a narrow lane of beadwork; body of shirt coated in yellow and green pigments and heavily embellished with thin fringe at shoulders, bib, and chest

length 27 inches x chest 41 inches

colorful leggings are sinew-sewn and coated in yellow, red, and green pigments; fringe is strung with brass beads, brass bells, and cowrie shells

length 25 inches

This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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