The lot features a fantastic Winchester Model 1873 rifle that has been shortened and completely covered in solid brass trade tacks by a Northern Plains Sioux of the 19th-century. The rifle is said by the previous collector have been owned by famed Sioux warrior Crazy Horse and from the following collections: ex-U.S. Department of the Interior Richard A. Barringer, ex-General Crook, ex-Touch The Clouds, ex-Worm, ex-Father Joseph Ward Yankton Indian College, ex-Jim Aplan, and from a private Southern California Native American artifacts and weapons collection. The rifle is a Winchester Model 1873 lever action rifle chambered in .38-40 WCF (marked .38 WCF) with a octagon 16-inch barrel that was previously cut down from the factory 24-inch barrel. According to the Winchester letter the rifle, serial number 2208, was shipped from Order Number 2013 from the factory in September 18, 1874, making this a second year, first model production rifle. The foregrip was shortened, magazine tube shortened, and sites relocated. Both sides of the forestock and rifle stock are covered in solid brass square shank 1800’s trade tacks which extend along the bottom of the stock and show a banded, swirl, cross and circle pattern, with one single nickel metal larger tack at the center. One side of the stock is carved with the name, “TASUNKA WITCO” which is Sioux for “His Horse is Crazy”, a name often referring to the warrior, Crazy Horse. Provenance: The rifle is stated to have been referenced by serial number in the book, “Cowboy and Indian Weapons of the Old West” by Winston Clark III from the University of Nebraska Press 1936. As well the rifle was said to have been owned by Eli S. Ricker who had correspondence with Richard A. Barringer in early 1900’s from the United States Department of the Interior Office of Indian Affairs in Washington D.C. who said the rifle and a stone head war club was gifted to General Crook from the Native American Touch the Clouds who received it from Worm, Crazy Horse’s father. Ex-Southern California Native American collection, ex-Jim Aplan Piedmont, South Dakota. The rifle is about 36-inches long overall and shows original wood and nice fitment with nice color. Serial number 2208, rare four-digit first / second year of production first model rifle. Please review the rifle for your own representation of age and originality, while the information and provenance is significant, no substantial documents are available. ANTIQUE FIREARM, NO FFL.