Collectible & Estate Auction (Sale #328)
Lot 470:
Description
Native American Arikara Grass Dance Whip / Quirt
Ceremonial regalia whip having beaded trade fabric pendent strap folded through a woven fiber loop concealing metal tinkler cones, the strap being attached using buckskin to the carved wood handle having remains of a rawhide loop at the end and an ink inscription reading ‘Chief Mad Bear Presented to Scott Cody March The 11 1871 / At Grand River Agency D. Territory’ (Mad Bear was a Sioux negotiator at Grand River Agency, died in 1915)
Property from: an Estate, Decatur, Illinois
Length: 23 1/2 inches
Condition: overall light wear consistent with normal use, splits to wood, tears and small losses to trade fabric, a tinkler cone detached (present), rawhide loop having loss
Category: Collectibles > Ethnographic
Estimated Sale Time: 1:54 pm CST
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Last modified: March 21, 2025, 11:09 am
Condition report:
overall light wear consistent with normal use, splits to wood, tears and small losses to trade fabric, a tinkler cone detached (present), rawhide loop having loss
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