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Central Plains Beaded Rifle Scabbard

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art / Art - Bead Work Start Price:2,000.00 USD Estimated At:6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD
Central Plains Beaded Rifle Scabbard
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Native tanned hide, beaded and fringed gun sheath. Remnants of red wool trade cloth decoration. Beaded in cobalt, pale blue, white, yellow and white-heart red, with panels at muzzle and beaded strips with yellow ochre on hide at the throat. 47" long; 17" longest fringe. Circa last quarter 19th century.
Provenance: Sotheby's Parke-Bernet auction, 1970s, tag attached.