Headdress, Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Hide, eagle feather/feathers, glass bead/beads. Montana; USA (inferred). Date created: circa 1880. Collected by General Nelson A. Miles (1839-1925, U.S. Army), probably during his Indian campaigns; inherited by his children, Major General Sherman Miles (1882-1966) and Cecelia Miles Reber (Mrs. Samuel K. Reber, 1869-1952). NMAI
Bag, Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Hide, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche. Oklahoma; 1880-1900. Collected by Charles F. Nesler (1864-1930), probably between 1897 and 1904 when he worked as an inspector with the US Indian Service; donated to MAI by Charles Nesler in 1921. NMAI
Armband, Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Hide, porcupine quills, fur, hide thong/babiche, metal cones. Collection history unknown; purchased by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) in 1910 from a pawn shop operated by Levi N. Tingley (1870-1948) in Anadarko, Oklahoma, during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye. NMAI
Pipebag, Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Hide, glass bead/beads. Wyoming; USA. Date created: 1880-1900. Collection of Colonel James F. Randlett (1832-1915, US Army commander and Indian agent at Fort Duchesne, Utah, until 1896 and Indian agent for the Kiowa, circa 1900) and possibly collected by him. NMAI
Mirror, Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Mirror, wood, brass tacks/bosses. Wyoming; USA. Collected in 1880; formerly in the collection of Sarah Maria Boyd Camp (Mrs. Caleb Jackson Camp, 1843-1919, of Winstead, Connecticut). NMAI
Knife sheath, Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Hide, glass bead/beads. Wyoming; USA. Date created: 1880-1915. Formerly in the collection of Colonel James F. Randlett (1832-1915, US Army commander and Indian agent at Fort Duchesne, Utah, until 1896 and Indian agent for the Kiowa, circa 1900) and possibly collected by him. NMAI
Woman's leggings, Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Hide, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche. Wyoming; 1875-1900. Collection history unknown, but said to have been brought to England in the late 1880s ; formerly in the collection of Beatrice Minnie Cooper Kauper (Mrs. Henry Alexis Kauper, 1896-1968, of Surrey, England). NMAI
Man's leggings, Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Hide, glass bead/beads. Lame Deer, Northern Cheyenne Reservation. 1880-1900. Collection of John Jay White (1860-1923, a New York City banker and collector of Indian objects). NMAI
Hair ornament, Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Feather/feathers. Wyoming; USA. Collection of Colonel James F. Randlett (1832-1915, US Army commander and Indian agent at Fort Duchesne, Utah, until 1896 and Indian agent for the Kiowa, circa 1900). NMAI
Hide, glass bead/beads, porcupine quills. Sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, overlay beadwork, quill-wrapped (flat). 99 x 15 cm. Collected by John W. Alder (1844-1919), an Indian agent at Pine Ridge between 1879 and 1885; inherited by his son Eugene C. Alder (1876-1955); purchased by MAI from Eugene Alder in 1921. NMAI.
Moccasins, Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Hide, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche. Oklahoma; 1880-1909 Purchased by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) in 1910 from the Oklahoma Indian Store (Anadarko, Oklahoma), operated by Jake Tingley (1880-1965), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye. NMAI
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Buffalo painted exploit robe with beaded blanket strip, Cheyenne maybe, maybe Lakota
LOT 56 Seller's Estimate: USD 100 - 200 Pair of Native American Indian Child?s Sioux Beaded Moccasins. Moccasins are in good condition with no bead loss. Measure 5 inches long by 2 inches wide. Thank...from
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Sioux Beaded Doll late 19th century thread and sinew-sewn; with cloth body, hide head and dress; doll embellished with quill earrings and salt-and-pepper beaded moccasins height 13-1/4 inches The Marilyn Eber Collection of Native American Art, Denver, Colorado
