Eastern Sioux (??) beaded vest
Eastern Sioux (??) beaded vest
$2,900.00
hide (moose??)
1/16 seed beads (red, dark blue, light blue, metallic beads
circa 21” long x 17” wide
circa 1890s-1920s
ex: Private Collection
$2900.
(mc2287)
This is a beautiful beaded vest that has survived the years in excellent condition. The inside shows that it was worn, perhaps in a traveling West show or rodeo which offered ways for Native youth to still be “warriors” during the Reservation period.