Bidspirit auction | Gauntlet gloves - Potawatomi ca.

Gauntlet gloves - Potawatomi ca. 1890s - rare 14” long x 7 1/2” wide at widest - Gauntlet gloves - Potawatomi ca. 1890s - rare Excellent antique Potawatomi beaded gauntlet gloves that showcase old beads including pumpkin and greasy yellow. The beadwork is done one bead at a time and the leather is brain tanned with an old cloth lining. The Potawatomi were part of a long-term alliance, called the Council of Three Fires, with the Ojibwe and Ottawa. In the 19th century, they were pushed to the west by European/American encroachment in the late 18th century and removed from their lands in the Midwest to reservations in Oklahoma. 14” long x 7 1/2” wide at widest