A Teton Sioux boy's vest circa 1890

A Teton Sioux boy's vest

circa 1890, buckskin with glass beads, the white ground with yellow, red, green and blue tipi and clouds and meat rack designs to the front and back, the front shoulders with a cross symbol either side, the ties with coloured quill and the top one with a small brass crucifix,

39.5cm long.

Provenance

The Ian West Collection.

Sotheby's, Billingshurst, 1st July 1987, Lot 2974.

Published

Whispering Wind, Vol 26, No. 3, p.8, photo 6.