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Lot 40
Sioux Deer Hide Dress
Sale 1220 - Native American Art, Session I
Sep 22, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$3,000 -
5,000
Price Realized
$5,985
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Lot Description
Sioux Deer Hide Dress
third quarter 19th century
thread and sinew-sewn; collar embellished with red and black wool and deer tail; two beaded medallions and trade wool squares decorate the lower hem of the garment; fringe-lined seams; with an old collection tag: Indian woman's dress. Presented to Col. E. Rice, U.S.A. by "White Bull" War Chief of the Northern Sioux...Col. Edmund Rice, U.S.A., February 12, 1884.
length 53 inches x chest 45 inches