Lot Essay
Fitzhugh and Crowell illustrate two similar examples from the Even (1988 p. 37, pl. 35; p. 210, pl. 270).
Property from the Collection of Mrs. Peggy Au Schatz
A FINE SIBERIAN ESKIMO BEADED HIDE APRON
Details
A FINE SIBERIAN ESKIMO BEADED HIDE APRON
Even
Tapering even at the top and of flaring square form at the bottom, the bottom panel with black, blue and white Russian trade beads in rectangles with cruciform openwork metal disk pendants, the top with beaded bands and "crow foot" patterns
31½in. (80cm.) long
Even
Tapering even at the top and of flaring square form at the bottom, the bottom panel with black, blue and white Russian trade beads in rectangles with cruciform openwork metal disk pendants, the top with beaded bands and "crow foot" patterns
31½in. (80cm.) long
Provenance
On long term loan to the Detroit Institute of Arts from 1984 to 1995