Sioux Horse Stealing Bandolier
Sioux made horse sitting bandolier of rolled brain tanned buffalo hide over fiber covered with red ochre and attached horse teeth. Outside loop with three cross bands. 21 teeth with at least 8 more missing. Assume each tooth represented a captured horse. Powerful medicine piece worn by a warrior successful in raiding horses from enemy tribes.
PERIOD: Mid 19th Century
ORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native American
SIZE: 19"L
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Sioux Horse Stealing Bandolier
Sioux made horse sitting bandolier of rolled brain tanned buffalo hide over fiber covered with red ochre and attached horse teeth. Outside loop with three cross bands. 21 teeth with at least 8 more missing. Assume each tooth represented a captured horse. Powerful medicine piece worn by a warrior successful in raiding horses from enemy tribes.
PERIOD: Mid 19th Century
ORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native American
SIZE: 19"L
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Sioux made horse sitting bandolier of rolled brain tanned buffalo hide over fiber covered with red ochre and attached horse teeth. Outside loop with three cross bands. 21 teeth with at least 8 more missing. Assume each tooth represented a captured horse. Powerful medicine piece worn by a warrior successful in raiding horses from enemy tribes.
PERIOD: Mid 19th Century
ORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native American
SIZE: 19"L
