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Lot 1069

Quilled Knife Sheath and Loom Beaded Necktie

Estimate: $400 - $500

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$1,000 $100
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$3,000 $250
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Northern Plains/Plateau knife sheath late 19th/early 20th century, hard rawhide with attached quill wrapped slats on one side, sheath sewn together with sinew, quilled slats attached with thread, 5-1/2 in. long, with blade; beaded necktie, calico backed, 10 in. long Provenance: Collected by Sara Goodspeed, Pryor, Crow Reservation, Montana , between 1913-1925); descended in the Goodspeed family; Private Collection, Knoxville, Tennessee

Condition

sheath with missing quills, wear and grime commensurate with age,ÿ knife missing most of bone handle, rusty and pitted; necktie withÿ no apparent bead loss, two small holes in calico