Native American, Western United States, Crow (Apsaalooke) tribe, ca. 1890 CE. A gorgeous leather hide stirrup covering decorated with intricate glass beadwork. The leather a rectangular panel with a green felt lining and hundreds of colorful seed beads hand-stitched to the front. The lower edge contains loosely dangling leather tassels. The beading is lane stitched in vertical rows with several central diagonal and horizonal rows creating triangular shapes. The beaded panel would cover and decorate a wooden riding stirrup. This is a stunning example of elaborate beadwork, using red, yellow, green, bronze, pale blue, cobalt, pink, teal, and orange beads! Horses were incredibly important to the Crow tribe after the Spanish introduction, and by the early 1900s the tribe had a robust herd estimated to be 30,000 to 40,000 in number! This piece is professionally mounted in a frame with a brass label plaque. Size of beaded panel: 7" L x 4.75" W (17.8 cm x 12.1 cm); frame: 15.125" L x 13" W (38.4 cm x 33 cm)

Provenance: ex-private Glorieta, New Mexico, USA collection

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#167206

Beading has some unraveling and fraying to periphery threads, but beading is intact and excellent. Losses to leather tassels, creasing and cracking of leather. Professionally mounted in a modern wood and glass frame. Paper on frame verso has a tear and perforation but does not affect the presentation. Minor scuffs to frame. Suspension wire on verso for displaying.