Apsáalooke Effigy Mirror Board
Sale 987 - Native American Art, Session I
Apr 15, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$6,000 -
8,000
Price Realized
$5,625
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Apsáalooke Effigy Mirror Board
fourth quarter 19th century
painted in red and yellow, figure with red bands across mouth; central mirror surrounded with rows of tacks; ermine tails, horsehair and ribbons hang from all four limbs; the haft wrapped with otter fur
length 33-1/4 inches
For a similar example:
Ewer, John. Plains Indian Sculpture (1986: 198, fig 194)
A nearly identical example was photographed by O.S. Goff, ca 1886 showing a dancer holding this style board (National Archives, 111-SC-83716).
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