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Lot 53

Yankton Sioux Beaded Buffalo Hide Shot Pouch, with Powder Horn
Sale 987 - Native American Art, Session I
Apr 15, 2022 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$20,000 - 30,000
Price Realized
$53,125
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Lot Description
Yankton Sioux Beaded Buffalo Hide Shot Pouch, with Powder Horn
third quarter 19th century

sinew-sewn and backed with canvas; strap consists of vertical beaded lanes in white alternating with lanes of red trade wool, accented by five boxes with horizontal lanes in colors of cobalt and yellow; the pouch, edged with fringe and decorated with triangular elements beaded in colors of translucent burgundy, cobalt, marigold, and sky blue against a white background; accenting the pouch is a longer strip of red trade wool, edged with cotton cloth

overall length 39 inches

Similar examples are found within the Hirschfield Collection and the Ten Kate Collection (Hovens, pg. 235, fig. 342). 

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