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A NORTHERN PLAINS BEADED HIDE AWL CASEc. 18

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A NORTHERN PLAINS BEADED HIDE AWL CASEc. 18
<B>A SIOUX BEADED HIDE AWL CASE<BR><BR></B></I>c. 1890<B><BR></B></I> <B><BR></B></I>coiled with red, white, and blue glass seed beads, tassels with similar beadwork, trimmed with metal cones inserted with red-dyed horsehair; together with a bone awl, the tip representing a lizard head<BR><I><BR>Length: 9 1/4 inches excluding tassels </B></I> <B>Condition Report:</B> Overall very good with usual wear and soiling.Beadwork intact. All ten metal cones missing some or all of horsehair tufts. Awl included has end carved as snake face with one eye formed by head of a pin, other eye missing the pin head. No apparent restoration.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Miscellaneous Collectibles, Larg (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)