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Vintage Native American Headdress & Breastplate

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art / Clothing - Regalia Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 2,500.00 USD
Vintage Native American Headdress & Breastplate
Vintage Native American Headdress, Hare Bone Pipe Choker, and Hare Bone Pipe Breastplate, 1. Full Length Headdress measures 73''L x 25''W and is embellished with feathers, antique beaded head band, brass shell casings, buffalo horns, yarn, bells, fur, red mountain laurel seeds, beads, and leather, 2. Bone hair pipe breastplate measures 16'' x 11''W and is embellished with feathers, horse hair, red mountain laurel seeds, brass shell casings, beads 3. Bone Hair Pipe Choker measures approximately 10''L which does not include the leather ties x 4.5''W at widest point and is embellished with claws, beads, leather, and hare bone pipe beads, there is a handwritten note which accompanies this ensemble on old faded paper concerning the Bone Breastplate ''Item: Genuine Bone Breastplate, Worker: Weaver--Geneva Coho, Tribal Affiliation: Navajo, Worker: Trim--Lloyda Cata, Tribal Affiliation: Apache'', ca. late 1800s to early 1900s, we believe that this is a marriage of old and new as some of the beads appear to be new