A Sioux boy's fully beaded vest South Dakota

A Sioux boy's fully beaded vest

South Dakota, probably the Cheyenne River Reservation

buckskin with coloured glass beads, lazy stitch of a white ground and geometric symbols to the front and back, with a printed cotton lining and a tasseled base with remains of yellow pigment, circa 1900,

39.5cm long.

Provenance

Michael G. Johnson Collection.