A Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux) beaded saddle blanket
Designed with a beaded border worked with crosses and pronged devices on a white ground, with hide fringe at each of the overhanging ends, with a couple of tears and spots of bead loss.
length 64in, width 28 1/2in
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Collector's Notes
Affixed with a paper tag inscribed: Sioux Lower Brule / 10/15/24 Wattson

Extensive losses to ribbon accents. General soiling throughout. Scattered areas of bead lost, the largest handful of areas approximately 2in x 2in. A couple of tears partially through one overhanging border, the longer 3in. Stiffness and losses to the fringe; one overhanging edge with fringe completely missing. Hide is a little stiff. A nail off center with rust. With creases from long-term folded storage.