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Northern Plains Beaded Bag containing Paris Opera Glasses

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD
Northern Plains Beaded Bag containing Paris Opera Glasses
Northern Plains Beaded Bag containing Paris Opera Glasses . 5 ½" x 3 ½" bag beaded in blue, white yellow and white-heart reds. Circa 1880s. Glasses are marked "Marchland - Paris". Provenance: " Ike Chambers opera glasses brought to Ft. Custer by some army officer. His wife, Nellie's, money purse. She was raised by Mormons. She was full-blood Indian resembling the Diggers. Her hair was 3 ft. long. Each braid was as big as her arm."