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Fetish Buffalo Skin & Bead Work, Plains

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Fetish Buffalo Skin & Bead Work, Plains Indian, Circa 1885. Horse hair tail, and white hair accents upon face of buffalo. Very good and colorful beadwork.
Provenance: Miki and James J. Mangan III of Fairfield, CT
Size: 10" H X 4" W X 1" Thick
Weight: 2 oz
Condition: very good, beadwork 95% intact, hide is excellent
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Historically, all of the Southwest native peoples make and use fetishes. In fact, most North American indigenous peoples and even Europeans believed in an "object containing a spirit that provides supernatural assistance if treated with proper respect" (Bahti, Mark, Spirit in the Stone [Treasure Chest Books.)

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