The lot features a rawhide parfleche rattle from the Cheyenne Dog Solider Society dating to circa 1870. The piece is comprised of hard parfleche rawhide with sinew rawhide lace sewing having a circular pattern set on a wood handle which is completely wrapped with Indian tanned hide, old trade clothe, rawhide wrappings and an Indian hide with fur still attached, likely Ermine. The top of the rattle shows Indian hide fringes with porcupine quillwork and remnants of yellow mineral pigment ocher. This pattern of rattle with donut like shape round piece having spiral wrapped hide and trade clothe and yellow ocher finish is a documented Dog Soldier pattern, see the Dog Soldier Rattle circa 1880 in the Akta Lakota Museum from the Whittier Collection. The piece is from the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers or Dog Men (Hotametaneo’o), a military society of the circa 1830-1870’s. The dog soldiers played a dominant role in the Cheyenne resistance to the westward expansion in the U.S. in states of Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming / Montana. Provenance: From the renowned Sundog Fine Art Bozeman, Montana collection by Bruce VanLandingham. Bruce VanLandingham was a pillar in the American Indian collecting community and a respected expert. Along with being an avid collector, Bruce was also the sole owner of Sundog Fine Art Gallery in Bozeman, which was both part museum and gallery, this piece is directly from the collection. The piece measures 10.75"L with an additional 3.5"L bottom wrist throng and 3.25"L top fringe (in total with fringes it measures 18"L) by 5"W. Museum collection number E1052.