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    American Indian Art

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    29 June 2006

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    • A SIOUX BEADED AND FRINGED HID
    Lot 191

    A SIOUX BEADED AND FRINGED HIDE TOBACCO BAG

    Price realised

    USD 2,160

    Estimate

    USD 2,000 - USD 3,000

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    A SIOUX BEADED AND FRINGED HIDE TOBACCO BAG
    of tapering form, sinew sewn and lane-stitched in various shades of opaque and translucent beads, the central panel decorated on the front with a column of forked motifs, the reverse with two columns of cross motifs centering a rectangular element flanked top and bottom by triangles, top panel with monogrammed initials C.W.E. against a hide ground painted with yellow ochre, bands enclosing geometric motifs along the sides and encircling the top, a panel of rawhide slats suspended below wrapped with ivory, blue, orange and pink-dyed porcupine quills, with a pair of rectangles and a pair of crosses, hide fringe with yellow ochre pigment along the bottom
    Length: 31 in. (78.8 cm.) overall

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