Relics of the American West: 1850-1920
Lot 2000:
Description
This historic compilation of Native American and reservation-era material culture features an exceptional selection of personal items highlighted by a 1940-dated metal whisker puller (tweezers) complete with its original ink-written collector’s tag from Victor Erickson noting its origin from a Rosebud Indian reservation man. The lot also includes a distinctive multi-element necklace crafted from dentalium bone/shell tubes and colorful glass trade beads, a native leather strap featuring animal phalange bones and traditional quillwork details, a fragmented clay pipe bowl, and a stone celt tool head. Supplemental items include a “Lorraine Genuine Hard Rubber” comb and an array of historic glass trade beads, cowrie shells, authentic elk teeth, and micro-beads housed inside two glass jars, three plastic vials, and separate bags, all presented within a leather-and-brass-tack adorned wooden box. The items exhibit a weathered, authentic patina throughout, showing expected minor handling wear, fraying to the quillwork and cords, and natural aging to the storage box. H 4″, W 9″, D 7.25″. Please see photos for condition.
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