A PLAINS INDIAN BEADED SKIN SHIRT, with wide panels of 'overlay' beadwork sewn in dark blue and light blue beads divided by iron beads on a white ground applied down the back, front and sleeves, skin fringes; a tanned skin pouch with black bead borders and skin fringe, applied panel to one side sewn with blue crosses and lozenges on a pink ground; a pair of cloth leggings with applied beaded skin panels sewn in coloured beads with three stepped bands on a pale blue ground, probably Crow; a pair of hardsole skin moccasins sewn in "lazy stitch" with red and dark blue triangles on a white ground; and a red stroud panel on buff cotton with three spherical brass beads at one edge (7) | Christie's

Lot 134

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A PLAINS INDIAN BEADED SKIN SHIRT, with wide panels of 'overlay' beadwork sewn in dark blue and light blue beads divided by iron beads on a white ground applied down the back, front and sleeves, skin fringes; a tanned skin pouch with black bead borders and skin fringe, applied panel to one side sewn with blue crosses and lozenges on a pink ground; a pair of cloth leggings with applied beaded skin panels sewn in coloured beads with three stepped bands on a pale blue ground, probably Crow; a pair of hardsole skin moccasins sewn in "lazy stitch" with red and dark blue triangles on a white ground; and a red stroud panel on buff cotton with three spherical brass beads at one edge (7)

Details

A PLAINS INDIAN BEADED SKIN SHIRT, with wide panels of 'overlay' beadwork sewn in dark blue and light blue beads divided by iron beads on a white ground applied down the back, front and sleeves, skin fringes; a tanned skin pouch with black bead borders and skin fringe, applied panel to one side sewn with blue crosses and lozenges on a pink ground; a pair of cloth leggings with applied beaded skin panels sewn in coloured beads with three stepped bands on a pale blue ground, probably Crow; a pair of hardsole skin moccasins sewn in "lazy stitch" with red and dark blue triangles on a white ground; and a red stroud panel on buff cotton with three spherical brass beads at one edge (7)

Provenance

Gordon Mathews

Lot Essay

This beaded costume was presented by a chieftain of the Blackfoot Indians to Gordon Mathews, a member of the North-Western Mounted Police (and great uncle of the present owner), in recognition of his assistance in establishing passes through the Rocky Mountains in Glacier National Park, Montana, during the last decade of the last century.

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