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Kiowa Buffalo Hair Wrapped Coup Staff c. 1850-1890

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 6,750.00 USD
Kiowa Buffalo Hair Wrapped Coup Staff c. 1850-1890
This is a wonderful authentic original Northern Oklahoma Kiowa Native American Indian Coup Staff from the mid to late 19th century. The piece shows a wood construction with Buffalo Bison hide fur wrappings, a Buffalo Hide drop, and a sinew strand along the staff. The staff is truly and excellent museum quality piece and shows overall good condition (staff head is lose). The staff would have been used by one of the Kiowa Warriors on horse back to practice warfare. The end would have been used to bring down the other opponent. Provenance: From a large private museum collection in Missouri, the same collection as the Northern Plains Wolf Scout cap that we sold for $4,165 at our 1/16/16 auction. The Warriors Coup Stick originally showed Golden Eagle Feathers (indicative of its very early authentic age), which were removed for sale. Measures overall "L.