Montana Western, Wildlife Art & Collector Auction - January 28th, 2023
Sat, Jan 28, 2023 11:00AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 254
C. 1880 Northern Plains Crow Medicine Bag
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $5 |
| $50 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,500 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $7,000 | $1,000 |
The lot features an unusual and scarce Medicine Bundle from the Northern Plains Indians dating to circa 1880 attributed to the Crow. Medicine bundles or medicine bags are exceedingly scarce with this being a truly unique example. This bag exhibits a deer Indian rawhide parfleche with some hair still intact sewn with sinew. The bag holds medicine bundle items wrapped in off-white trade cotton cloth. The following items are in the bag: a piece of shed rattlesnake skin with the rattle intact, three pieces of cut hair (deer, buffalo, horse), section of black horse main (an imitation scalp lock), piece of a buffalo hoof, badger paw, two pieces of rusted iron / broken arrow points, three stripped turkey feather quills, four white porcupine quills, and a section of red and green braided trade clothe rope. Provenance: From the ex-collection of Larry Schaefer American Fork, Utah acquired June 20, 1995 paid $900, Wallis-Thomas Collection Four Corners Region, North Dakota, and acquired 9-14-2016 from the John C. Rummel Collection of American Indian Art; also includes paperwork to this items documentation / provenance and info from this item being with Trocadero Ancient Artifacts. Bag measures overall as it sits 15.5”W by 6.5”H by 3.5”D.
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