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Crow Blanket Strip.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:4,500.00 USD Estimated At:9,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD
Crow Blanket Strip.
Crow Blanket Strip on Stroud Trade Cloth Blanket. Strip is 2 ½” x 55" and contains Pony beads as well as seed beads.
c. 1870. Pristine condition and highly collectible. (est $9,000-12,000).

Beaded Blanket Strips: The origin of beaded blanket strips, which run horizontally across a wearing blanket, is presumed to have been a decoration to cover the seam where two hides were sewn together. Later, when trade cloth was more commonly used, the beaded strips became more decorative in nature.