ATTRACTIVE & RARE SIOUX PICTORIAL BEADED SADDLE
BLANKET. 50" length with 6" rawhide fringe, 4" wide leather sinew sewn beaded panels have sky blue, dark blue, white-heart red & green beads on white ground, geometric design around pairs of crossed American flags, fringe has row of small brass bells. Heavy cotton/canvas backing is from repurposed "INDIAN DEPARTMENT" flour bags from SF Gilman who owned massive flour mill in Neligh, Nebraska where he supplied western US army forts and Indian reservations with flour starting in 1886, his mill ran 24 hours a day in late 19th century. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: tag stating purchased from Sherwood's, Sante Fe, 2001; Heritage Auction paid receipt, lot # 77245, 11-10-2007. CONDITION: good overall, missing few small areas of beads, few tears in stained & lightly soiled cotton base. PROVENANCE: Dave Berenson estate collection 2007. (02-27330-15/JS). NON-GUN. $2,000-3,000.
[ translate ]BLANKET. 50" length with 6" rawhide fringe, 4" wide leather sinew sewn beaded panels have sky blue, dark blue, white-heart red & green beads on white ground, geometric design around pairs of crossed American flags, fringe has row of small brass bells. Heavy cotton/canvas backing is from repurposed "INDIAN DEPARTMENT" flour bags from SF Gilman who owned massive flour mill in Neligh, Nebraska where he supplied western US army forts and Indian reservations with flour starting in 1886, his mill ran 24 hours a day in late 19th century. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: tag stating purchased from Sherwood's, Sante Fe, 2001; Heritage Auction paid receipt, lot # 77245, 11-10-2007. CONDITION: good overall, missing few small areas of beads, few tears in stained & lightly soiled cotton base. PROVENANCE: Dave Berenson estate collection 2007. (02-27330-15/JS). NON-GUN. $2,000-3,000.
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