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A SIOUX BEADED BUFFALO HIDE CRADLE COVER
of usual form, sinew sewn and lane stitched in yellow, green white-heart red and two shades of blue beads, decorated on top with two crosses flanked by stepped triangles, each side, with three pairs of rectangles, each with enclosed triangle and three extending projections, surmounted by a rectangular rawhide tab featuring a central hourglass motif flanked by rectangular elements, the edges overlaid with banded beadwork, hide back now missing
Length: 24 in. ( 61 cm.)
of usual form, sinew sewn and lane stitched in yellow, green white-heart red and two shades of blue beads, decorated on top with two crosses flanked by stepped triangles, each side, with three pairs of rectangles, each with enclosed triangle and three extending projections, surmounted by a rectangular rawhide tab featuring a central hourglass motif flanked by rectangular elements, the edges overlaid with banded beadwork, hide back now missing
Length: 24 in. ( 61 cm.)