For your bidding pleasure is this Sioux Glass Beaded Wool Wearing Blanket circa 1950. The Sioux are a grouping of peoples of the Native American tribes and First Nations in North America. The term refers to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation, but are mainly split into two language divisions: The Dakota and Lakota. As nomadic people Native Americans learned to master crafting warm bundles know as "wearing blankets." Used to stay warm and mobile, these blankets were adorned with trade beads and other decorations frequently used in their culture; such as horse hair. This particular wearing blanket shows a warm blue wool material with a gold fringe sown to the edges of the blanket. This wearing blanket also shows a beaded strip, using glass trade beads the decoration is phenomenal showing consistent white field, with Tribal diamonds of blood red, black, sky blue, ruby red, and adorned with yellow centered with a single grass green glass bead. The attention to detail moving up the tribal bead strip is astounding as we get to the Glass bead thunderbird decoration set to a circular piece of yellow felt; these decorations are adorned with hauk bells placed at the fulcrum of two dark blue ribbons. There are four such decorations with hauk bell adornments on this piece. The measurements of this wearing blanket are 64" x 73 1/2". For a complete representation of condition and for additional images please call 800-686-4216. It is the buyer’s responsibility to view each image and preview the item to determine condition.