$7,638
Central Plains Beaded Hide Pictorial Pipe Bag, Lakota, c. 1900, large soft bag, the panel beaded on both sides with multicolored geometric and pictorial devices on a white ground, each side depicting a warrior wearing a long trailer war bonnet, one horse with lightning marks down the sides, polychrome quill and bead wrapped rawhide slats and fringe from the bottom, a small commercial leather "white rabbit" glued to one side of the upper bag, dyed horsehair and tin cone danglers, lg. 35 in. Provenance: Collected by Joel Crowe from Chief White Rabbit, Pine Ridge Reservation, c. 1890-1905, history included.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-09-10