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LOT 51:
Ute Beaded and Quilled Pipe Tobacco Bag c. 1870
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Sold for: $900
Start price:
$
800
Estimated price :
$2,500 - $5,000
Buyer's Premium: 23%
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sales tax: 8.875%
On lot's price, no sales tax on commission
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Ute Beaded and Quilled Pipe Tobacco Bag c. 1870
This is an exceptional authentic and rare beaded and porcupine quilled pipe bag from the Ute Native American Indians dating to circa 1870's. This example show an Indian tanned Buffalo hide construction with sinew and trade thread sewing showing traditional geometric beadwork in all period correct 1800's glass trade seed cen beads and porcupine quillwork fringe. The beadwork is shown across both sides of the hide bag with most of the beads still present having a chalk white background with one side showing a railroad like stop outer edge in cobalt and Cheyenne pink with a tipi triangular pattern in greasy yellow, greasy blue and red whites hears along with a top edge showing green, Cheyenne pink, and cobalt. The outside edge of the bag is beaded in greasy blue, red white hearts and chalk white with the reverse showing a chalk white background with cross symbol of green, red white hearts, greasy clear and cobalt with triangle symbols of green and four crosses at each corner in red white hearts and greasy blue along with another top edge of Indian tanned hide with a pattern of Cheyenne pink, cobalt, and green. The top of the bag shows a blue trade clothe and Indian tanned hide which shows some cracking and bead loss. The bottom fringe shows slats of Buffalo rawhide which are each wrapped in porcupine quills with alternating colors all in natural pigment mineral dyes of yellow, blue, red, pink, etc. Below the quillwork or quilled fringe is a row of faceted fancy exotic trade beads in cobalt and greasy holding Indian tanned hide long fringe below. Ute tobacco pipe bags are very scarce with few long large examples such as this being available for sale. This is truly a wonderful circa 1870-1880's example. Provenance: From a large Western Cowboy and American Indian collection in Dayton, Wyoming. The piece measures 42 1/2" long by 7 1/4" wide.
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