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A SIOUX MAN’S BREASTPLATEc. 18

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A SIOUX MAN’S BREASTPLATEc. 18
<B>A SIOUX MAN’S BREASTPLATE</B></I><BR><BR>c. 1890<BR> <BR>composed of three panels of bone hairpipe beads, secured with hide to commercial leather strips, a rawhide leather strap with dyed porcupine quills suspended below, trimmed with metal cones inserted with red-dyed chicken feathers<BR><I><BR>Length: 21 ½ inches<BR></B></I> <B>Condition Report:</B> In overall fair to good condition. Hide with usual wear, including moderate soiling. Loss of two horizontal hairpipe beads. One hairpipe bead unattached at bottom. Circular rawhide ornament with fading. Quilling faded with some abrasion and approx. 30% loss, mostly at ends. Loss of approx. three metal cones with chicken feathers. Metal cones with brown tarnish. Loss of some chicken feathers. Insect damage is present, particularly around chicken feathers. Rusting of all cones. Quillwork with loss and fading. Cotton velvet fabric lining discolored around object and not tautly stretched. No apparent restoration.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Bats, Clubs, Sticks, Swords, Rif (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)