Comanche Hide Human Figure With Horns

Item: 1676

Origins: Comanche, Southern Plains
Date:  19th Century

Media: Commercial hide, hide, glass bead, cat claw

Dimensions: 2 3/4″ tall, 1 3/4″ wide

Description: This is a rare figural cut out that was likely attached to a bag or some other object.  The figure is a human with horns. It’s commercial hide with a cat claw and blue, glass bead attached to the front.  There is a piece of hide running through the back for attaching the bead and the claw to the figure. The figure is stiff, appropriately so and fairly thin.

Condition:  Condition is original without restoration.

Provenance: A private Albuquerque, NM collection. This were collected in Oklahoma in the 1960s.

Price: 1250