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Lot 33
Sale 1072 - The Lifetime Collection of Forrest Fenn, Part II
Sep 8, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$600 -
800
Price Realized
$875
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Lot Description
Cheyenne Beaded Hide Dress, with Brewer Made Doll
fourth quarter 19th century AND late 20th century
dress is thread and sinew-sewn with beaded yoke and remnants of red pigment
height 13 inches
In 1976 I found this nice old dress in an antique shop, but it came without a body. The problem was solved a few years later when Bill and Cathy Brewer, the great restoration experts, made a doll for me....So that no one in the future would think she is as old as the dress, I wrote the Brewers' names on the back of her right leg. (Fenn 2007: 126)
Published:
Historic American Indian Dolls (Fenn 2007: 126-127, plate 42)
Spirits in the Art (Hanson 1994: 136, plate 136)