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- Sale 5980
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| Philadelphia
Nov 15 | 7:00 AM EST
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 5980
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$3,000 – $5,000
The cotton double-appliqued stars arranged in an unusual 8-7-7-7-7-8 configuration with the inner 4 rows of 7 stars staggered on a two-part wool bunting canton, machine-sewn wool bunting stripes, cotton twill machine-sewn header fitted with two brass grommets.
50 in. x 87 1/4 in.The Modoc people were permanently removed from their ancestral lands in California and Oregon to a reservation in Oklahoma at the conclusion of the Modoc Wars in 1873. This flag possibly dates to 1891 when the United States government offered allotments of land to the remaining 68 Modoc Nation members.
Provenance:
Collection of Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, MD
