Western Frontier, Native American, Antiques New Year January 15th Auction
Sat, Jan 15, 2022 11:00AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 487
Blackfoot Badger Claw Medicine Necklace 1890-1900-
Estimate: $650 - $1,250
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 |
This is an excellent medicine bundle necklace dating to the late 19th to early 20th Century from the Blackfoot Native American Indians. The Blackfoot, or Blackfeet, necklace is strung on Indian tanned hide with a red ocher, or ochre mineral, pigment dye and strung with Badger Claws and Horse Teeth, both wrapped in red stroud wool trade cloth and Indian tanned hide with a green ocher, or ochre dye, and scalloped edge. The necklace is also strung with 1800’s rare trade beads, such as 13 Venetian White French Cross from the early 1800’s, many Russian cobalt blue and red semi-transparent wound glass beads, and solid brass trade beads. At the end is an Indian tanned hide medicine pouch with a fancy 1800’s glass trade seed cobalt bead edge, trade green ribbons, and Indian tanned hide fringes strung with Hudson Bay red white hearts, wound blue pony, chevron, and more, being Venetian early trade beads. Also included is a single Asian money piece of copper or bronze, which is not identified, and age is unknown. The horse teeth are also accented with 1800's period correct petit seed cen beads in a greasy blue color. Provenance: From a private museum collection in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of France. The necklace measures 25 inches long strung (meaning the circumference of the necklace itself) with medicine pouch and fringes, which hang at the end approximately 6 additional inches. The last Medicine Bundle necklace from the turn of the century, such as this item, sold by our company brought an astonishing $8,000 in January 2021.
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