Lakota Beaded Buffalo Hide Double Saddlebags

Description:

Lakota Beaded Buffalo Hide Double Saddlebags, c. 1870, attributed to the Hunkpapa tribe, with red trade cloth panels and detail, and beaded with geometric designs and stylized buildings, fringe down the sides and along the bottoms, (minor bead loss, trade cloth loss),lg. including fringe 72 x wd. 14 in.

Literature: For saddlebags probably by the same maker, see Vestiges of a Proud Nation: The Ogden B. Reed Northern Plains Indian Collection, cat. #66.
Estimate $20,000-25,000


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