Sioux beaded hair drop. Loom beaded multi-color diamonds on white background sewn onto a red linen flannel and at base attached to a section of hide having a turquoise dyed hereford tail. Very rare this age and condition. With early trade mirror.
PERIOD: Late 19th Century
ORIGIN: Great Plains – Sioux, Native American
SIZE: Bead strip 7″ x 1″ Overall 26″