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Fri, May 29, 2026 11:00AM EDT
Lot 126

Early 20th Century Native American Portrait Hanging Banner

Estimate: $150 - $10,000

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This mixed-media wall hanging depicts a Native American man in a traditional eagle feather war bonnet and shell necklace. The portrait is rendered in oil paint with accents of metallic leaf on a flexible substrate, possibly leather or heavy treated canvas. The piece is constructed as a decorative banner, featuring gold-toned braided trim along the vertical edges and a long, matching fringe at the bottom. It is suspended from a gold-painted wooden dowel rod with a brass hanging chain. The entire banner is mounted against a black velvet ground and housed in a wide, mahogany-toned wood frame with a thin gold inner fillet. The style of the portrait and the decorative fringe elements are characteristic of late 19th to early 20th-century American decorative arts, specifically resembling the designs found in tobacco premiums and cigarette silks of the period. No signatures or maker marks are visible on the front of the work. Dimensions not provided.

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