Rare Plains Native American Elaborately Beaded Hide Ball (2 7/8' Inch) J.I Case threshing Machine button executed in red

executed in red

really wonderful deck of Charles Hodges Geographical Playing Cards

with the lovely star made of inlaid mother of pearl bits at center still firmly in place

It is solid and lays flat

should one want it

Rare Plains Native American Elaborately Beaded Hide Ball (2 7/8' Inch) J.I Case threshing Machine button executed in redI purchased this beautifully beaded ball at an antique show in Maine, from a dealer who told me he had held onto it for a lot of years, but didn't know anything about it. I'd never seen another like it, but assumed it was Native American, and found (find) it quite exquisite (and also reminding me of the fancy antique Pennsylvania folk art yarn balls I have been coveting of late). It took no time to find a handful of other examples like it (a couple of