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Rare Plateau Beaded Pommel Bags

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art / Art - Bead Work Start Price:3,000.00 USD Estimated At:30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD
Rare Plateau Beaded Pommel Bags
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Beaded panels, possibly Blackfoot, on commercial or military leather pommel bags, with striking pictorial beaded hands. Life-sized left and right hands are beaded in light blue on a dark green field edged with dark blue trim. 29" wide if laid flat; panels are 9 1/2" x 10" wide. Overall 15” high x 10” wide as displayed on custom stand (included). Circa late 19th century.

LITERATURE:
W.E. Channing's 1991 "Fine American Indian Art" catalog; Indian Agent Sherbourne, Stuart Collection (pictured front cover)
"A Beading Heart: The Bob and Lora Sandroni Collection" 2015, page 27.