High Quality Arrowheads & Native American

Crow Leggings - Buffalo hide, early 1800's

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Start price: $25

Estimated price: $25 - $10,000

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Description

Pliable brain-tanned buffalo hide leggings with long rectangular bead panels sewn to cloth backings. Beadwork features light turquoise, lavender, cobalt blue and yellow glass beads arranged in vertical stripe bands with narrow red accents. Hide surfaces show a soft patina with natural creasing and traces of red pigment along interior edges.Classic Crow design, primitive, utilitarian leggings with fantastic aesthetic appeal. Keywords: leggings, Crow, Native American, beadwork, glass beads, tanned hide, cloth backing, turquoise beads, purple beads, blue beads, yellow accents, painted pigment

Dimensions: 41 in