Rare Plains Native American Elaborately Beaded Hide Ball (2 7/8' Inch) J.I Case threshing Machine button a couple of ink pens

a couple of ink pens

really wonderful deck of Charles Hodges Geographical Playing Cards

should one want it

It is solid and lays flat

Rare Plains Native American Elaborately Beaded Hide Ball (2 7/8' Inch) J.I Case threshing Machine button a couple of ink pensI 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