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A Pair of Iroquois figural embroidered birch bark
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
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A Pair of Iroquois figural embroidered birch bark

Estimate $2,000 - $3,000
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Starting Price $1,700
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