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February Antique Firearms Sale is on. A few modern pieces, too, but you will have to call me for those. Also up is the Dick Wilberforce Wildlife photography sale. See why you need one or more. The list is gone for now ... but within a couple months it will probably be back ... refreshed and with so really give-away pricing. Don't hesitate to call or mail me if you have a question about anything ......(well, anything pertaining to bison or fishing) ...Cecil@HerdWear.net or 817-992-8220. --- More soon ... and lots more.
Today: Still a few bison full hair winter robes on sale. Great Valentine's Day surprise ... for him, her or them both! I will work on posting specific pictures for those left. Watch the next newsletter for more special "stuff".

ONE OF A KIND - Vintage Arctic wolf pelt and suede leather; hand made; hand beaded, one-of-a-kind vest

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Original Price $1,795.00
Current Price $595.00

This was an on-line auction buy ... and what a vest it turned out to be!  A beautifully tanned arctic wolf pelt; hand beading on a sueded leather .... probably elk or bison (or it could be caraboo or reindeer (it is a heavy garnment weight leather ... not cow or steer), trimmed in doeskin with doeskin ties.  It has a cotton (or poly-cotton) lining ... and is at least a men's XXL for size.  The lining and the pelt are pristine; the arm holes show some wear and might even use a bit of cleaning.  There is no odor; one small stain on the upperleft (you can see it in the picture), but otherwise in excellent condition, with years and years of wear still in this unique piece - never seen anything quite like it

This was a mature wolf; long dense hair; completely flexable as to the hide ... and the beading was done right onto the leather.  Side pockets that are well made and practical.

This vest was made with a whole lot of care and hand work.  

Now, about the inscription on the inside in pen or marker "L Walker  Liard Dine   Yukon"

Wow .... Google told me nothing concrete; no provinance of any use from the seller.  There is a Liard River in the Yukon ... and nothing else I could find with that spelling.   Dine (or Dene) is a native term of "people" or a reference to a tribe or group of people .. the latter more associated with the Abathaskan tribes of the Northwest Territories and/or Alaska ... the former with Navajo and Southwest US tribes.

Nothing I could find with the bead design helped to narrow down the creation .. or it's likely origin.  So ... it is a beautiful, wearable, functional piece of unknown history; you will have to make your own history with it from here!

 

Cecil

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