$23,500
Prairie Beaded Cloth and Hide Moccasins, Delaware, c. second quarter 19th century, the soft forms beaded on the vamps and heels with multicolored abstract floral devices using small seed beads, with green silk striped backing down the vamp, edge-beaded two-color silk cuffs, lg. 8 1/4 in. Provenance: The Charles and Blanche Derby collection; by repute, the collection of Mary Bremmen of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They were brought back from Ohawa, Kansas in 1867. Literature: Eye of the Angel, 1990, White Star Press, plate 10; Turkey River, Native American Art of the Ohio Country, edited by Theodor J. Brasser, 2003, Canton Museum of Art, p. 27. Exhibited: George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts, October 27, 1991-January 5, 1992; Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio, August 22 - October 26, 2003.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-01-29
