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THBBlackfeet Beaded Hide and Wool Dress
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6270 Este Ave.
Cincinnati , OH 45232
United States
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About Auction
LiveApr 6, 2018 - Apr 7, 2018
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- Lot Description
thread and sinew-sewn red trade wool, with the yoke beaded on two varieties of softly tanned, thick hide, possibly elk and buffalo; yoke crafted using real and seed beads in colors of light blue, pink, dark blue, greasy yellow, and translucent green; edges and hems are finished in beige cotton, length 43.5 in. x chest 50 in.
third quarter 19th century
Included is a typed note of provenance:
[in pencil] This was pinned to the dress when I bought it.
[typed] Indian Chief's Beaded Robe/ Given to Samuel Grant by an Indian Chief while Mr. Grant was building the Canadian Pacific Railway about 1870.
[in ink] Blackfeet Tribe. Mary Ellen - M.E. Thomas - Shipping Info
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