Barbara Balgaard Indian Arts and Antiques



All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Handiwork : Pre 1837 VR item #1153546
Shown by appointment only at Bank of the West, Safety Deposit Dept., Albuquerque, NM. Early (1790-1828)Caribou hide with quilled birchbark embroidery, cotton embroidery, Native made copper and hematite beads, tree pitch beads, and traded steel coated beads from the late 1700s. McCrone Laboratory, Chicago, IL analyzed and dated the paint. The colors are vermilion & brown iron earth, yellow ochre, natural ultra-marine, chrome yellow, and alizaron. All colors contain chalk and white lead...