The lot features an original Bill & Kathy Brewer of Greenville, Illinois historically accurate Lakota Sioux Buffalo Horn beaded & quilled headdress in the style of the Indian Wars of 1870’s. The piece features a Great American Bison Buffalo fur cape with two Buffalo horns atop being accented by the geometric beadwork and quilled finishes. The headdress shows a headband, fringe drops and other pieces with all glass trade seed beads of chalk white, semi-transparent dark blue, greasy yellow, red white hearts, Cheyenne pink, medium green, sky padre blue. Each Buffalo horn tip shows a twisted braid hide fringe with a red ocher pigment dye and fully beaded fringe rings along with fully porcupine quilled hide fringe along with green ocher mineral dyed braided human or horse hair. The rear of the headdress shows numerous drops of horse hair with red stroud wraps along with three medicine pouches, Indian tanned hide hand cut fringe and the original Buffalo hide tail. The headdress also shows older red and blue silk ribbon. The inside of the headdress shows a recycled piece of heavy envelope parfleche rawhide to hold the horns and a horned figure painted in red ocher. The headdress is hand crafted using sinew and all older materials in the historically accurate manner by Bill and Kathy Brewer of Greenville, Illinois. A Buffalo headdress of original age would easily fetch between $10,000 to $50,000 at auction making this contemporary piece a wonderful prize at its estimated price. Overall the piece measures 11.5”W from horn to horn and 35”H with the fringe. The piece is approximately 8.75” deep from top of the hat to the rim of the heck. The piece is marked on the inner beaded hatband, "BKB18". 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.