Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025

Lot 179

Two Plains strike-a-light bags

Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £445

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Description

Two Plains strike-a-light bags
Sioux and Ute
buckskin and leather with coloured glass beads and tin cones, with geometric designs to the fronts, the Ute inscribed to the back OCT 1, 1948 RIELICH,
14.5cm and 13.5cm long. (2)

Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, American Indian, 26 May 1999, lot 189.
Richard Hook Collection, UK.