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THBNative American Beaded Textile Pouches & Baby Shoes
Lot 211
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
May 18, 2023
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Featuring classical antiquities, ancient, and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, more! All legally acquired, legal to sell. Satisfaction guaranteed. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
**First Time At Auction**
Native American, Western United States, Plains tribes, Lakota / Apache, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE; Eastern United States, Iroquois / Mohawk, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A collection of beaded hide pouches and fur and cotton baby shoes. The leather pouch in the display case is a likely a Sioux or Apache made, sewn with glass seed beads and brass discs above the tassels and contains a blacksmith made steel striker and a flint for starting a fire - these are often known as a "strike-a-light" bag and carried as both pockets and personal adornments. The other purse is made from cotton and decorated with semi-translucent beads in leaf motifs - characteristic of Iroquois style. The moccasins are made from cotton with fur trim and are toddler sized with the date and name written on the sole "Jan 28, 1935 / Hattie Faye Douglas." Size of leather pouch: 5" L x 2.25" W (12.7 cm x 5.7 cm)
Provenance: private Hidden Valley Lake, California, USA collection; Larger pouch: ex-Mike Nichols Auctions, Warren, Arkansas, USA, October 11th, 2020, lot 332; Other pouch: ex-Ancient Objects, Cranston, Rhode Island, USA, May 8th, 2021, lot 323
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#170639Moccasins are in fair and heavily worn condition. Threads are tearing and fraying across exterior. Cacking to leather soles. Iroquois pouch is fraying and loss to red cotton and some beading. Leather pouch is in a modern Riker case and the leather is slightly supple but fragile with tearing to tassels and threads.Condition
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