A Pair of Iroquois figural embroidered birch bark
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A Pair of Iroquois figural embroidered birch bark bags/portfolios
Each embroidered with polychrome dyed moose hair, depicting figures smoking pipes and animals in wooded landscapes, framed under glass, one with an old paper label verso inscribed: 33 St. Ann's Crescent / Lewes / Worked on bark with the hair of deer - by the North American Indians; the other with Argonaut Book Shop label verso reading: Two birch bark panels, embroidered with moose hair, made into a portfolio and lined with English silk, one loose from mounting.
each approximately: height 9in, width 10 3/8in
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Provenance
ex-Argonaut Book Shop, San Francisco, CA; retains label verso, as stated
Each embroidered with polychrome dyed moose hair, depicting figures smoking pipes and animals in wooded landscapes, framed under glass, one with an old paper label verso inscribed: 33 St. Ann's Crescent / Lewes / Worked on bark with the hair of deer - by the North American Indians; the other with Argonaut Book Shop label verso reading: Two birch bark panels, embroidered with moose hair, made into a portfolio and lined with English silk, one loose from mounting.
each approximately: height 9in, width 10 3/8in
Footnotes:
Provenance
ex-Argonaut Book Shop, San Francisco, CA; retains label verso, as stated
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A Pair of Iroquois figural embroidered birch bark
Estimate $2,000 - $3,000
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