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EARLY 20TH CENTURY PLAINS PAINTED DEER HIDE

Currency:USD Category:Music / CDs Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
EARLY 20TH CENTURY PLAINS PAINTED DEER HIDE
EARLY 20TH CENTURY PLAINS PAINTED DEER HIDE. Untanned deer hide, hair-on, painted with four mounted Plains Indian combatants with their horses' tails tied up" to signify their warlike disposition. Spots on the horses' rumps indicate that they are appaloosas. Second warrior wears an eagle feather war bonnet of the "crown" type, and carries a gun and a quiver full of arrows. Third warrior's war bonnet is a "trailer" style, with horns. Other two wear roached headdresses, each with two eagle feathers. Two warriors carry lances hung with eagle feathers. All four carry a shield, one decorated with a banner hung with eagle feathers, the others with an animal totem each (bear, buffalo, and wolf). First warrior wears a red "war cape" of "saved list cloth" (popularly known as stroud). He also carries a gun and a quiver of arrows. Last warrior carries a gun and dbl pointed stone headed war club. Driebe 1997, pg 310.Size: 49" x 32". CONDITION: General surface soiling on painted side, slight hair loss. 4-55242 BL35 (2,000-3,000)"