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Montana Northern Plains Indians Deer Foot Quirt

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 USD
Montana Northern Plains Indians Deer Foot Quirt
Featured in this lot is a deer foot handled riding quirt from the Northern Plains Indians in Montana. The early vintage piece shows a sinew sewn braided leather or rawhide handle with deer foot hoof and sinew sewn saddle leather ends. This also has a saddle leather and braided rawhide loop remnant. Northern Plains Tribes included Assiniboine (Yankton Sioux), Blackfeet, Crow (Apsaalooke), Plains Cree, Plains Chippewa (Ojibwa), Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota. A quirt, or short riding whip, was used to urge a horse to greater speed. But Native warriors also used them to “count coup.” A warrior would gallop up to an enemy in battle and, instead of killing him, would touch him with his quirt or with a special coup stick. In good overall condition, nice patina observed throughout. Handle is 8.75"L, overall length is 25.5"L