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Lakota Sioux Elk Antler Tine Leather Quirt

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Lakota Sioux Elk Antler Tine Leather Quirt
The lot features a Lakota Sioux Indian horse quirt with Elk Antler tine handle wrapped in rawhide with a harness leather whip front. The Elk antler tine shows a drilled spot on the top and bottom painted red and a red painted tip with drilled hole holding a wrist throng of saddle harness leather. At the front is a rawhide wrapping and front whip comprised of trade harness saddlery leather strips wrapped in red stroud clothe and Indian tanned hide fringe fringes showing an old trade bead, brass beads, rolled tin jingle cone with plum feather end. The piece is likely from John Young Buck, a Lakota Sioux artist who was born in 1947 and was known to have works from circa 1960-2000’s. Measures overall 49”L from leather whip front to wrist throng end.