A Cree rifle case buckskin with a floral beaded border on velvet to the open end

A Cree rifle case

buckskin with a floral beaded border on velvet to the open end, fringe and bead tassels, the narrow end with quill tied tassels,

119cm long,

a Southern Plains rifle case, buckskin with a long fringe and yellow pigment, 105cm long, and a modern coup stick, 124cm long. (3)

Provenance

Cree - Christie's, London, 6 October 1987, lot 241.

Southern Plains - Michael Johnson Collection, acquired by SM September 1981.

Samuel Mason Collection.