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Sioux Painted Buffalo Hide Horse Mask

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:750.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Sioux Painted Buffalo Hide Horse Mask
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This is an original Sioux Native American Indian painted buffalo hide horse mask from circa 1890. The mask shows a tanned buffalo hide with multiple strands of harness leather strips containing numerous amber wound glass trade beads with Sky Padre and White Heart Red beads as well as jingle cones. The mask has been painted with natural and mineral pigment dyes. The sawtooth design with stars and a crescent mark between the eye holes. the mask is soft and supple with thick, rich fur. The Sioux horse mask is in good condition. It measures 14.5" x 19".