Native American & Western: The Collection of James and Joyce Huber (Sale #343)

Native American Cheyenne Bone Breastplate with Beadwork

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Start price: $500

Estimated price: $1,000 - $1,500

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Description

Native American Cheyenne Bone Breastplate with Beadwork

Early 20th century having three rows of bone hair pipe beads and trade bead spacers, on leather cords between leather support strips suspended from a lazy stitch beaded and painted leather collar having attached trade bead necklace and attached trade cloth medicine bundle, terminating in bone, trade bead and dew claw drops

Provenance: Ex- Ben Thompson Collection

Property from: The Collection of James and Joyce Huber, Hartland, Wisconsin

Height: 39 inches, Width: 13 1/2 inches (width across bone rows)

Condition: overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use, the two central drops appear to have lost ends

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Category: Collectibles > Ethnographic

Estimated Sale Time: 10:59 am CST

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Last modified: August 18, 2025, 12:07 pm


Condition report:

overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use, the two central drops appear to have lost ends