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Sioux Quilled and Beaded Chest Ornament,

Currency:USD Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:800.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Sioux Quilled and Beaded Chest Ornament,
with thirteen rows of white and red porcupine quillwork, with geometric beaded borders in colors of cobalt and medium blue, and with marcasites on a white ground, design of small diamonds and triangles, with four strips of pale blue feathers running down bag, with additional ornaments of seven red and yellow quill-wrapped parfleche strips tied to lower edge of bag with pale green wool yarn, one with calico, each parfleche strip with two tin tinklers stuffed with red dyed horsehair, top corners of bag decorated in similar fashion, and top with a leather tie; 10.5" long x 7" wide. Deaccessioned from the Western Reserve Historical Society of Cleveland, Ohio. Very good, quillwork appears to have been repaired or cleaned on several rows.