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Sioux Beaded Bracelet - Duhamel Trading c. 1930-40

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 USD
Sioux Beaded Bracelet - Duhamel Trading c. 1930-40
For your consideration is this 1930-1940’s Sioux beaded bracelet with original Sioux Rosebud Indian Products Arts & Crafts Shop and is from the Duhamel Trading Post in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Sioux Indian Arts and Crafts Shop and later the Museum was established in the 1930’s. The Duhamel Trading Post was established in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1907 by Pete Duhamel, born in 1839 in Canada and moved to Rapid City, Dakota Territory in 1879. The piece has the original tag which is marked, “Sioux Indian Products Hand Made Native Crafts – Pottery – Weaving / Reservation Rosebud Object Bracelet Price $1.00 Sioux Indian Arts & Crafts Shop Rapid City, South Dakota”. The piece shows an Indian tanned hide bracelet trade thread sewn with glass trade seed beadwork in a classic Sioux geometric pattern, showing colors of light green and yellow. The bracelet shows good condition overall with wear from its age, but no signs of obvious damage are noted. The bracelet measures an outside circumference of approximately 8 1/2" and has a width of 5/8". The tag measures 3 3/16" L x 1 1/2" W.