Featured in this lot is this Santee Sioux Indian hide beaded gauntlets circa 1940's. The gauntlets feature a wonderfully and professionally crafted Indian tanned hide construction with floral calico trade cloth lining and a whimsical floral applique pattern embroidered on the tops of the gauntlets. The gauntlets are adorned with a fringe around the outside seam of the gauntlets and shows coloration to the Trade Seed Beads that include yellow, sky blue, medium red, light green, darker green, and chalk white. The Santee were the "frontier guardians of the Sioux Nation," that ranged from the Santee's home in what is currently Minnesota, across the Plains and to the northern Rocky Mountains in Montana and south through the northwestern part of Nebraska. Four bands comprised the Santee division of the Sioux Nation, the Mdewakantonwan, Wahpeton, Sissetons and the Wahpekute. The Santee Tribe was basically a woodlands tribe, living in semi-permanent villages and engaging in some farming. The condition of this pair of Santee Sioux gauntlets is well preserved with no obvious signs of damage and shows a well preserved overall condition. The measurements of this of this gauntlet is 12 3/8" x 6 7/8". The collective weight of this pair of gauntlets is 10oz.