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OTHER PROPERTIES
A SIOUX CHILD'S BEADED HIDE VEST
Details
A SIOUX CHILD'S BEADED HIDE VEST
of usual form, sinew sewn and lane-stitched in two shades of blue, yellow, translucent green, white-heart-red and steel beads against a white beaded ground, the front, decorated on each side with a triangular motif surmounted by a forked element, the back, with similar triangles surmounted by a pair of American flags and centering two columns of geometric motifs, lined with muslin, short hide fringe and hide ties
Length: 14½ in. (36.8 cm.) including fringe
of usual form, sinew sewn and lane-stitched in two shades of blue, yellow, translucent green, white-heart-red and steel beads against a white beaded ground, the front, decorated on each side with a triangular motif surmounted by a forked element, the back, with similar triangles surmounted by a pair of American flags and centering two columns of geometric motifs, lined with muslin, short hide fringe and hide ties
Length: 14½ in. (36.8 cm.) including fringe
Provenance
Christie's December 5, 1996 lot 182