ANTIQUE PLAINS SIOUX INDIAN BEADED + QUILLED QUIRT - c1880s EXCEPTIONAL PIECE

Description

CLASSIC OLD Sioux, fully beaded on very old cloth wrapped around wood. The handle is made of classic parfleche and wrapped in dyed quills, It is called SALT AND PEPPER BEAD WORK AND WAS DEVELOPED WHEN A BEAD WORKER HAD ALL KINDS OF EXTRA BEADS LEFT OVER FROM PREVIOUS PROJECTS. THIS ONE SHOWS EVIDENCE OF NICE OLD GREASY COLORS, OPAQUES, RED WHITE HEARTS, ETC. ALL PERIOD TO THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. A MUSEUM GRADE EXAMPLE and it has a LOW PRICE and NO RESERVE !
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