The lot features a large, fully beaded blanket strip on Indian tanned hide from the Northern Plains Sioux Native American Indians of the late first to early third quarter of the 20th Century. The piece shows the traditional pattern with a thick wide strip having four larger round medallions completely integrated into the piece. The blanket strip is comprised of Indian tanned hide and appears to be completely sewn with sinew and completely covered in glass trade seed and pony beads in colors of light sky padre blue, corn yellow, royal blue, and red. The beadwork is in good condition, with little to no bead loss and a striking geometric pattern. The piece would have been sewn onto an old woolen mills blanket, across a painted Buffalo Bison hide, or Navajo Chief’s blanket and worn around the shoulders of the American Indian owner, as seen in many documented photographs from the 1800’s-1900’s. Provenance: Found to be an authentic original by an expert in Billings, Montana and from an astounding collection of American Indian beadwork and artifacts from Sheridan, Montana. Measures 60.5” long by 5 3/8” wide. Each medallion shows a sinew tie at the center and would have held a drop of fringe or feathers.