New Year January Western Collector Sale
Sat, Jan 23, 2021 11:00AM EST
Lot 432
Apache Trifurcated Tongue Beaded Moccasins 1890
Estimate: $750 - $1,500
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $5 |
| $50 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $25,000 | $2,500 |
| $100,000 | $5,000 |
The lot features a set of hide, hard soled moccasins, with beadwork and a triple forked tongue, from the Apache native American Indians of the circa 1890’s. The set shows parfleche rawhide hard soles with Indian tanned hide tops, showing a nice, green ocher mineral pigment dye coloring, along with glass trade seed beadwork. The medium ankle flows into the very rare, unusual and scarcely seen trifurcated (split into three branches or forks) tongue with fancy beaded edge. The tongue almost appears to be the cutout of a man’s torso, arms and head, an unusual addition. The beads are all period correct, early example displaying colors of red white hearts, chalk white, cobalt, and greasy yellow. The beadwork shows a typical design, with double band running from the tongue and intersecting with a horizontal band at the toe, which comes to a rounded point, another Arapaho moccasin feature. The beadwork is along the tongue edge and runs down the back of the ankle. The hard bases have a nice patina and wear from honest age and the hide at the top is supple. Provenance: From a historic Eastern Montana American Indian Collection, where the piece was found to be an authentic original, one of the finest collections of American Indian weaponry and antiquities in Montana. Each measures 7”L by 3”W by 4”H.
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