05-12-201205-12-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2596BBoston
May 12, 2012 10:00 AMCalender
71

Pair of Cheyenne Beaded Hide Moccasins with Sitting Bull Attribution

Sell one like this
$1,778$1,500
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2596BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 12, 2012 10:00AM

Description:

Pair of Cheyenne Beaded Hide Moccasins with Sitting Bull Attribution, c. 1870s, partially beaded with geometric designs and with parfleche soles, lg. 9 3/4 in.

Note: Includes a framed card that reads, "Big Horn City-Montana, Dec. 21st, 1881, from the red man to his white brother-Christmas greetings, I send you by mail today my old moccasins to please white brother-accept as a Christmas present and place among your antiquities. Sitting Bull."
Estimate $1,500-2,000

Keywords

Cheyenne Beaded Hide Moccasins, Montana, Horn City