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Ca. 1890 Crow Beaded Rifle Case & Tacked Rifle

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,800.00 USD Estimated At:4,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD
Ca. 1890 Crow Beaded Rifle Case & Tacked Rifle
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The lot features a circa 1890’s Crow beaded rifle scabbard case paired with a mid-1800’s percussion cap cut-down musket with tacked and rawhide wrapped Native finish. The rifle case is comprised of Indian tanned hide and old red stroud trade clothe with fringed sections and typical Plateau geometric beadwork in pastel colors, commonly documented amongst the Blackfoot and Crow of the late-1800’s. The beadwork shows colors of light blue, cobalt, butterscotch yellow, pink, semi-transparent, semi-transparent teal. The rifle is a cut down mid-1800’s Enfield side hammer percussion cap and ball black powder musket that has been extensively adorned with brass covered metal tacking with cross and “X” symbols along with various bandings. The barrel is wrapped in old buckskin rawhide with tacking, likely a repair of sorts. The adornments are later. The rifle has a round barrel, brass shoulder plate, brass trigger guard and rear sling swivel intact and fits nicely in the rifle case. The rifle case is 35.5-inches in length and the rifle is 38.25-inches in length.