COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY PLAINS INDIAN ARTIFACTS ASSEMBLED BY LYDIA PARRY TEASDALE.

COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY PLAINS INDIAN ARTIFACTS ASSEMBLED BY LYDIA PARRY TEASDALE. 1) A WONDERFUL 19TH CENTURY SIMULATED BEARCLAW NECKLACE. The necklace shows great age and was constructed around a necklace of large trade beads. The trade beads were strung and then wrapped with rawhide and mounted within the rawhide are the simulated bear claws. The bear claws are actually carved Elk bones in the shape of bear claws and painted with red ochre. The piece is completely center sewn. SIZE: Approx. 17” from bottom to top. The orig old Parry Museum tag is still intact with the number 2886. CONDITION: Approx. ten of the simulated bear claws are either missing or damaged. The piece is still intact and shows considerable age. 2)A SMALL 19TH CENTURY CARVED BONE AND NEEDLECASE WITH SINGLE HANGING STRAP INTACT. It has simple carved ribbed designs in the bone. The bone is also marked with the Parry Museum i.d. “Parry col 2884”. SIZE: Approx. 5” long with the wooden awl or needle. CONDITION: Generally Good. 3) A SMALL POTTERY EFFIGY SEAL. The figure is hollow and has the appearance of great age. The overall surface has a dark, discolored patina. The face of the seal with two small openings for the eyes and a large oval opening for the mouth. It bears a museum number on the underside 2879. SIZE: This small rotund figure is approx. 3” long. 4) UNUSUAL FEATHER AND SHELL 19th CENTURY CEREMONIAL NECKLACE PERHAPS FOR A SHAMAN. The rawhide wrapped, center sewn necklace has multiple small periwinkle type shells attached to it, and also suspended from numerous black feathers with an iridescent green sheen. These are perhaps small turkey feathers. Retains a Parry tag with the number 2885. 5) 19TH CENTURY TURTLE SHAMAN’S RATTLE WITH HOOF DANGLES. The turtle rattle with the rawhide bands still in place and having suspended from its end seven small antelope or deer hooves. The turtle shell with two drilled holes on the underside; one drilled hole on the upper side; and a large hole that appears to have been broken out perhaps at the time the turtle was killed. Retains the museum’s Parry tag on the underside of the shell with number 2714 South-East. The size of the turtle shell is approximate 5-1/2” long. CONDITION: The shell has a wonderful, old, much-used worn patina and most of the hooves danglers are intact. 6) 19TH CENTURY DREAM CATCHER WITH HOOF DANGLES. The wooden ring has five antelope or deer hooves suspended from it and appears to be wrapped with strands of alder root. One of the hooves has a museum number affixed to the side, 2904. SIZE: 6-1/2” in diameter. 7) AN INDIAN CHIPPED ARROWHEAD. A museum number of on the underside, 2914. 8) LARGE PLAINS INDIAN ADZ OR 19TH CENTURY HIDE SCRAPER. Leather covered iron blade, attached to a large bone (probably a buffalo large bone)handle . Old label reads “Alaska Eskimo Children’s Museum”, last quarter 19th C. SIZE: Approx. 11-1/2″ l. CONDITION: Good. 9)INDIAN BEADED HIDE BAG. 19th C. Bead decorated pipe bag. Sinew sewn multi color bead work in diamond and square geometric designs on white background. Top edge is also decorated with a single row of beads, long fringe extends from bottom. SIZE: Overall with fringe 32″ h x 7″ w. CONDITION: Overall very good. 10)INDIAN BEADED HIDE BAG. 19th C. Plains Indian possible bag with horizontal bars of multi color bead work decorate front and flap of bag, hide straps extend from rear sides. SIZE: 8″ h x 12″ w. CONDITION: Good with very slight missing bead work. 11) INDIAN BEADED HIDE BAG. 19th C. Plains Indian hide tepee bag. Side edges are decorated with multi colored geometric sinew sewn bead work designs along with tin cones with horsehair fringe, old label reads “2735” on back side. SIZE: 17″ x 22″ w. CONDITION: Overall good. 12) SOUTHERN PLAINS INDIAN LEGGINGS. 19th C. Child’s or ladies size, decorated with yellow paint along with gold colored trade beads. Also a bead work design on outside edges and red painted hide fringe.SIZE: 20″ l x 8″ w. CONDITION: Area of discoloration and staining is evident on both leggings. Glass trade beads are missing from one legging. 13) PLAINS INDIAN BEADED CANVAS CRADLE COVER. 19th C. Upper section of hood is decorated with rows of sinew sewn multi-color bead work along with green tufts of wool, old label reads “M C 83/100 M”. Sides and back are undecorated canvas. SIZE: Overall 36″ h x 28″ w. CONDITION: Overall good, very few missing beads. 14) PLAINS INDIAN MOCCASINS. 19th C. Very soft dark smoked hide, decorated with circular geometric design in blue and red beadwork on each vamp. SIZE: 9″ l. CONDITION: Overall good. 15) PLAINS INDIAN AWL CASE. 19th C. Fully beaded in white, red and blue seed beads, with hide fringe at bottom. SIZE: 12″ l, including fringe. CONDITION: Good. 16) 19TH CENTURY SIOUX HAIR DROP. 7 rows of quill decoration with dyed blue horsehair fringe. SIZE: 13″ l plus fringe. CONDITION: Fair, some missing quill work. 17) TWO PLAINS INDIAN FETISH AMULETS. Both are fully beaded with geometric designs on hide, fringe extends from both ends. SIZE: 5″ and 4″ l. CONDITION:Good. 18)PLAINS INDIAN HIDE KNIFE SHEATH. Red and white sinew sewn bead work covers the front, tin cones are attached to fringe, rear side shows traces of old red paint. SIZE: 9″ l. CONDITION: Overall good, slight fringe loss, slight stiffness to hide. 19) 19TH CENTURY NATIVE AMERICAN GOURD RATTLE. Gourd measures 6″ in diameter, with handle length 9″. Wooden handle drilled through gourd, with seeds inside gourd. 19th C. Stamped with old Museum No. 2913. CONDITION: Crack in gourd near top of the handle. 20) 19TH CENTURY PLAINS INDIAN CONCHO BELT. Leather decorated with 11 German silver Conchas, each concha is approximately 3″ in diameter, total length of belt is 40″. Belt is accompanied with an old hang tag. CONDITION: Leather portion of belt shows wear and tear, with rub and cracking due to wear. 21) 24″ PLAINS INDIAN DRUM. Large plains Indian 19th C. drum measures 24″ in diameter, with stretched hide applied over a curved wooden ash frame. Decorated with a geometric painted cream colored 8 point star in the center and triangles surrounding the outside edge. CONDITION: Slight tears in the hide and the paint is slightly fading. 22) 12″ PLAINS INDIAN DRUM. 19th C. Indian drum measures 12″in diameter, stretched hide over wooden frame, painted in a circular wagon wheel style geometric design. Wheel colors are faded black and red. CONDITION: Hide shows old tearing probably caused by shrinkage of hide. 23) PLAINS INDIAN HIDE SHIELD. A 19th C. 12″ circular hide shield has two small beaded fringe attachments and stamped “2736 (Basin) Indians” with the word “UTE” above Indians. CONDITION: The 12″ circle shows an old crease, most evident on the back side. 24)19TH CENTURY CROW INDIAN BEAD DECORATED BELT. Leather with sinew sewn geometric bead work designs in blue, pink and green colors. Belt measures 42″ in length. 19th C. CONDITION: Good condition with minor bead loss. 4-45598, 4-45599. 4-45600, 4-45602, 4-45603, 4-45605, 4-45606,4-45610, 4-45612, 4-45613, 4-45614 JK2 (50,000-100,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	2440	$57,500.00	COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY PLAINS INDIAN ARTIFACTS ASSEMBLED BY LYDIA PARRY TEASDALE. 1) A WONDERFUL 19TH CENTURY SIMULATED BEARCLAW NECKLACE. The necklace shows great age and was constructed around a necklace of large trade beads. The trade beads were strung and then wrapped with rawhide and mounted within the rawhide are the simulated bear claws. The bear claws are actually carved Elk bones in the shape of bear claws and painted with red ochre. The piece is completely center sewn. SIZE: Approx. 17” from bottom to top. The orig old Parry Museum tag is still intact with the number 2886. CONDITION: Approx. ten of the simulated bear claws are either missing or damaged. The piece is still intact and shows considerable age. 2)A SMALL 19TH CENTURY CARVED BONE AND NEEDLECASE WITH SINGLE HANGING STRAP INTACT. It has simple carved ribbed designs in the bone. The bone is also marked with the Parry Museum i.d. “Parry col 2884”. SIZE: Approx. 5” long with the wooden awl or needle. CONDITION: Generally Good. 3) A SMALL POTTERY EFFIGY SEAL. The figure is hollow and has the appearance of great age. The overall surface has a dark, discolored patina. The face of the seal with two small openings for the eyes and a large oval opening for the mouth. It bears a museum number on the underside 2879. SIZE: This small rotund figure is approx. 3” long. 4) UNUSUAL FEATHER AND SHELL 19th CENTURY CEREMONIAL NECKLACE PERHAPS FOR A SHAMAN. The rawhide wrapped, center sewn necklace has multiple small periwinkle type shells attached to it, and also suspended from numerous black feathers with an iridescent green sheen. These are perhaps small turkey feathers. Retains a Parry tag with the number 2885. 5) 19TH CENTURY TURTLE SHAMAN’S RATTLE WITH HOOF DANGLES. The turtle rattle with the rawhide bands still in place and having suspended from its end seven small antelope or deer hooves. The turtle shell with two drilled holes on the underside; one drilled hole on the upper side; and a large hole that appears to have been broken out perhaps at the time the turtle was killed. Retains the museum’s Parry tag on the underside of the shell with number 2714 South-East. The size of the turtle shell is approximate 5-1/2” long. CONDITION: The shell has a wonderful, old, much-used worn patina and most of the hooves danglers are intact. 6) 19TH CENTURY DREAM CATCHER WITH HOOF DANGLES. The wooden ring has five antelope or deer hooves suspended from it and appears to be wrapped with strands of alder root. One of the hooves has a museum number affixed to the side, 2904. SIZE: 6-1/2” in diameter. 7) AN INDIAN CHIPPED ARROWHEAD. A museum number of on the underside, 2914. 8) LARGE PLAINS INDIAN ADZ OR 19TH CENTURY HIDE SCRAPER. Leather covered iron blade, attached to a large bone (probably a buffalo large bone)handle . Old label reads “Alaska Eskimo Children’s Museum”, last quarter 19th C. SIZE: Approx. 11-1/2″ l. CONDITION: Good. 9)INDIAN BEADED HIDE BAG. 19th C. Bead decorated pipe bag. Sinew sewn multi color bead work in diamond and square geometric designs on white background. Top edge is also decorated with a single row of beads, long fringe extends from bottom. SIZE: Overall with fringe 32″ h x 7″ w. CONDITION: Overall very good. 10)INDIAN BEADED HIDE BAG. 19th C. Plains Indian possible bag with horizontal bars of multi color bead work decorate front and flap of bag, hide straps extend from rear sides. SIZE: 8″ h x 12″ w. CONDITION: Good with very slight missing bead work. 11) INDIAN BEADED HIDE BAG. 19th C. Plains Indian hide tepee bag. Side edges are decorated with multi colored geometric sinew sewn bead work designs along with tin cones with horsehair fringe, old label reads “2735” on back side. SIZE: 17″ x 22″ w. CONDITION: Overall good. 12) SOUTHERN PLAINS INDIAN LEGGINGS. 19th C. Child’s or ladies size, decorated with yellow paint along with gold colored trade beads. Also a bead work design on outside edges and red painted hide fringe.SIZE: 20″ l x 8″ w. CONDITION: Area of discoloration and staining is evident on both leggings. Glass trade beads are missing from one legging. 13) PLAINS INDIAN BEADED CANVAS CRADLE COVER. 19th C. Upper section of hood is decorated with rows of sinew sewn multi-color bead work along with green tufts of wool, old label reads “M C 83/100 M”. Sides and back are undecorated canvas. SIZE: Overall 36″ h x 28″ w. CONDITION: Overall good, very few missing beads. 14) PLAINS INDIAN MOCCASINS. 19th C. Very soft dark smoked hide, decorated with circular geometric design in blue and red beadwork on each vamp. SIZE: 9″ l. CONDITION: Overall good. 15) PLAINS INDIAN AWL CASE. 19th C. Fully beaded in white, red and blue seed beads, with hide fringe at bottom. SIZE: 12″ l, including fringe. CONDITION: Good. 16) 19TH CENTURY SIOUX HAIR DROP. 7 rows of quill decoration with dyed blue horsehair fringe. SIZE: 13″ l plus fringe. CONDITION: Fair, some missing quill work. 17) TWO PLAINS INDIAN FETISH AMULETS. Both are fully beaded with geometric designs on hide, fringe extends from both ends. SIZE: 5″ and 4″ l. CONDITION:Good. 18)PLAINS INDIAN HIDE KNIFE SHEATH. Red and white sinew sewn bead work covers the front, tin cones are attached to fringe, rear side shows traces of old red paint. SIZE: 9″ l. CONDITION: Overall good, slight fringe loss, slight stiffness to hide. 19) 19TH CENTURY NATIVE AMERICAN GOURD RATTLE. Gourd measures 6″ in diameter, with handle length 9″. Wooden handle drilled through gourd, with seeds inside gourd. 19th C. Stamped with old Museum No. 2913. CONDITION: Crack in gourd near top of the handle. 20) 19TH CENTURY PLAINS INDIAN CONCHO BELT. Leather decorated with 11 German silver Conchas, each concha is approximately 3″ in diameter, total length of belt is 40″. Belt is accompanied with an old hang tag. CONDITION: Leather portion of belt shows wear and tear, with rub and cracking due to wear. 21) 24″ PLAINS INDIAN DRUM. Large plains Indian 19th C. drum measures 24″ in diameter, with stretched hide applied over a curved wooden ash frame. Decorated with a geometric painted cream colored 8 point star in the center and triangles surrounding the outside edge. CONDITION: Slight tears in the hide and the paint is slightly fading. 22) 12″ PLAINS INDIAN DRUM. 19th C. Indian drum measures 12″in diameter, stretched hide over wooden frame, painted in a circular wagon wheel style geometric design. Wheel colors are faded black and red. CONDITION: Hide shows old tearing probably caused by shrinkage of hide. 23) PLAINS INDIAN HIDE SHIELD. A 19th C. 12″ circular hide shield has two small beaded fringe attachments and stamped “2736 (Basin) Indians” with the word “UTE” above Indians. CONDITION: The 12″ circle shows an old crease, most evident on the back side. 24)19TH CENTURY CROW INDIAN BEAD DECORATED BELT. Leather with sinew sewn geometric bead work designs in blue, pink and green colors. Belt measures 42″ in length. 19th C. CONDITION: Good condition with minor bead loss. 4-45598, 4-45599. 4-45600, 4-45602, 4-45603, 4-45605, 4-45606,4-45610, 4-45612, 4-45613, 4-45614 JK2 (50,000-100,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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