North American Auction Company
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Western Antique Auction September 11th 2021

Sat, Sep 11, 2021 11:00AM EDT
Lot 675

Plains Indian Beadwork Collection c. 1900-

Estimate: $125 - $200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $5
$50 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$25,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
The lot features a collection of early-to-late 1900’s beaded and hide items from the Plains Native American Indians. The items include a beaded rosette medallion on hide, a baby’s seed beaded necklace (likely earlier), and an Indian tanned hide fringed arm or leg cuff. The lot also includes a hide choker with deep red earth ocher mineral/cobalt, wound glass early trade beads, a dentalium shell, and a drop of horse or human hair. Also featured in this lot is an old bone whistle.