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Comanche Beaded Hide Arrow Quiver w/ Arrows

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,400.00 USD Estimated At:3,750.00 - 5,750.00 USD
Comanche Beaded Hide Arrow Quiver w/ Arrows
This is a beautiful 19th Century Southern Plains hide arrow quiver and arrows attributed to the Comanche Native American Indians in Northern Texas. The piece is comprised of Indian brain-tanned Buffalo Bison Hide that is beautifully accented by the geometric early trade bead patterns and long, thick hide fringe. The beadwork appears to all be earlier pony beads in colors of red, chalk white, pony light blue, corn greasy yellow and black. An original shoulder strap is still intact which is adorned with beadwork and the quiver is paired with four early metal tipped arrows. The arrows all have similar scrapped and darker patina’d wood shafts with turkey feather fletching being wrapped in sinew, showing a prominent notch at the rear and long metal tip points at the end, also being sinew wrapped and secured with hide glue. Three of the metal points show a lance like shape with median ridge running down both sides, an almost exotic appearance and the fourth being a typical elongated triangular shape with nearly barbed tips and sharpened edge likely from sheet iron. Provenance: From the ex-collection of Tom Hardy. The piece measures 26 inches long by 5 inches at it widest.