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Blackfeet Beaded Hide Child's Dress 20th C.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:125.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Blackfeet Beaded Hide Child's Dress 20th C.
The lot features a beautiful 20th Century beaded hide dress from the Blackfeet tribe of Northern Montana. The dress shows Indian tanned buckskin hide with hand cut frilly fringes with glass trade seed bead beadwork in bands along the chest, The bottom third and along the cuffs, arms. The dress displays beautifully and has some nice color. Very little bead loss. The beads shows a light blue, semi-transparent corn yellow and semi-transparent red. Some stiffening to the hide and fringes, but mainly supple. Dress measures overall 28"L by 34"W with fringes. Also is about 14"W from shoulder seam to shoulder seam.