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1900 Northern Plains Chief Polychrome Painted Hide

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:950.00 - 1,350.00 USD
1900 Northern Plains Chief Polychrome Painted Hide
The lot features a beautiful polychrome painted and incised Indian tanned hide from the Northern Plains tribes dating to circa 1900-1930's. The piece shows an Indian tanned hide with integral fringed end showing a large wonderful Indian Chief bust at the center with incised (being pressed or cut into the surface) with poluchrome painted colors. The Chief is wearing a feathered headdress with bear claw necklace, beaded warrior shirt, beaded brow strap on the headdress, and five-point star medallion necklace. The piece was looked over by a Native American antiques expert and found to be an authentic early 1900 Northern Plains example. Provenance: From a large Cowboy and Native American collection in Billings, Montana. Measures overall 60" by 40".