Lot 3577 NATIVE AMERICAN BEADED & QUILLED PIPE BAG

COLLECTED PRIOR TO 1912.Jesse James Deright (1860-1912) was a prominent businessman in Omaha, Nebraska who decorated his home in locally sourced native American memorabilia. He died from accidental shotgun blast and his body & belongings were shipped back to his birthplace in Marion, NY. Contents of a trunk full of beaded items were sold in NY public auction in 2003, not seen since 1912. 22" x 6.5" overall, body has 5" x 6.5" different geometric designed beaded panels on white ground, blue, green and red make up designs, red & purple dyed quilled ribs, rawhide fringe. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: biographic material on JJ Deright. CONDITION: good overall, about 25% loss of quilling, leather soiled and supple. PROVENANCE: Jesse James Deright estate auction 2003; William W. Ivey collection. (02-26564/JS). NON-GUN. $1,200-1,500.
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