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Spirit of the West: Premier March Native American & Western Auction

Sat, Mar 14, 2026 11:00AM EDT
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Lot 87

ca. 1870-1880 Crow Apsáalooke Beaded Leggings

Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
Starting Bid
$1,000

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This is an exceptional set of circa 1870-1880s Crow Apsáalooke beaded men's leggings from the ex-collection of Fighting Bear Antiques Terry Winchell Jackson, Wyoming and Cisco Gallery Sam Kennedy. The Crow Apsaalooke of Montana set exhibits 19th-century woolen trade clothe blanket with hand dipped salvage ends, mostly sinew sewn with some trade thread showing a large Indian tanned hide thick buffalo / bison strip covered in 1800s old glass trade seed beads in classic Crow geometric designs. The beadwork also stretches across to the back showing a geometric band section and above a buffalo / bison head effigy design (this unique triangle shape is documented on many Crow Apsáalooke men's leggings such as the examples from Heritage Auctions, Sotheby's, Minnesota Museum of Science, Christie's, and The Minneapolis Institute of Arts) The beadwork is sinew sewn. The beadwork shows colors of greasy yellow, butterscotch yellow, greasy green, cobalt, red white hearts, Cheyenne pink, semi-transparent dark green, chalk white, and light padre blue. The beadwork is excellently done with tight work and fine geometric design. The outside edges have the cut fringes with hand dipped salvage ends. The top outside edge has an old clothe wrapped section of old red stroud trade clothe fringe.* Provenance: From the ex-collections of Fighting Bear Antiques Terry Winchell Jackson, Wyoming and Cisco Gallery Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Sam Kennedy as well as a private Jackson, Wyoming collection. Terry Winchell valued the set at over $4,000 many years ago. They are displayed on a museum style custom display with curved plastic fronts and metal hook back for mounting on a wall. Well kept, good condition with no major damages and little bead loss. Measures overall 28.5-inches long by 12-inches wide. For reference see the Apsaalooke Crow scout leggings which sold by Bonhams in November 2023 for $4,096 and the Blackfoot beaded clothe leggings sold by Taos Auction in November 2025 for $2,000 (shown w/ bp).

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