Lot 12
  • 12

An Arapaho Beaded and Fringed Hide Boy's Shirt

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • hide and glass beads
constructed in the poncho style with attached arms, sinew sewn in red, yellow, green and dark blue against a bright blue glass beadwork ground, with a diamond centering a cross on the chest and back, the sides decorated with a checkered motif in alternating colors; trimmed with hide fringe on the sleeves and along the waistline.

Exhibited

Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center, Smithsonian Institution, New York City, April 24, 2004-October 31, 2005.  

Literature

Bernstein and McMaster, First American Art: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of American Indian Art, University of Washinton Press, 2004, p. 220, cat. no. 169. 

Condition

Very good original condition with typical wear for its age.
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