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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 250

Ca. 1890 Crow Apsaalooke Beaded Men's Leggings

Estimate: $1,250 - $2,250
Starting Bid
$250

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This is an excellent set of men’s fully beaded leggings dating to circa 1890 from the Crow Apsáalooke of Montana from the ex-collection of Fighting Bear Antiques Terry Winchell Jackson, Wyoming, Wyoming and Cisco Gallery Sam Kennedy (with original tag marked CROW 1890). The Crow Apsaalooke of Montana set is comprised of 19th-century old woolen trade clothe blanket clothe with Indian tanned hide ties covered along the entire leg area (front, sides and back) with classic Crow Apsaalooke geometric beadwork. The set is trade thread sewn and shows a banded and tab design in old glass trade seed beads showing colors of greasy light blue, medium green, semi-transparent dark green, cobalt, greasy opaque and greasy red with a small section of black. This is a documented pattern of late-19th century early-20th century Montana Crow men’s leggings, for reference see the set in the Denver Art Museum collection from the L.D. Bax pre-1949 ex-collection showing a banded and tab design with background of light blue on red clothe hide. There is an old collection / museum tag that is marked, “CROW 1890” and “147 LSXJ”. 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. Each legging measures (when laying flat) 23-inches long by 7.5-inches wide. The set is well kept with little to no loss and nice old trade clothe. 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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