INDIAN ART INLAID BUFFALO SKULL SILVER, PRECIOUS STONE INLAID BUFFALO SKULL Start Price USD 100.00 Current Price USD 100.00 Time Left - Bid Count 1 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, August 26, 2008 End Time Tuesday, September 02, 2008 Location Rapid City, South Dakota See more about 'INDIAN ART INLAID BUFFALO SKULL' Description UNIQUE AND ONE-OF-A-KIND INLAID BUFFALO SKULL. THIS PIECE OF ORIGINAL LAKOTA ART WAS THE CREATION OF LOCAL NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIST V. LEBEAU. IT WAS CREATED WITH LAKOTA SPIRITUAL MEANINGS UNDERSTOOD ONLY BY LAKOTA PRACTICING THE PURE LAKOTA RELIGION. THE BUFFALO, SAGE, AND HORSEHAIR ALL HAVE SPIRITUAL MEANING IN THE PURE LAKOTA RELIGION. THE MIDDLE OF THE FRONT OF THE SKULL HAS A 4' INCH ROUND COPPER AND SILVER MEDALLION INLAID WITH  A BUFALLO AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES. BOTH SIDES OF THE SKULL HAVE A SILVER MEDALLION WITH A 2-INCH LONG SILVER FEATHER AND LEATHER TASSELS. THE EYES ARE INSET WITH A SILVER WEB WITH A SILVER SPIDER INLAID WITH A SEMI-PRECIOUS STONE ON BOTH SIDES. THE MOUTH OPENING HAS A 3 INCH HEART SHAPED COPPER AND SILVER MEDALLION INLAID WITH A HEART SHAPED SEMI-PRECIOUS RED COLORED STONE, REPRESENTING A TONGUE WITH HORSE HAIR AND LEATHER TASSELS. THE HEAD CAVITY HAS A BUNDLE OF SAGE BOUND WITH LEATHER. THE HORNS ARE RINGED WITH A SILVER ENGRAVED BAND AT THE BASE ON BOTH SIDES. THE HORNS ARE ALSO INLAID WITH FIGURES OF BUFFALO AND ARE TIPPED ON BOTH SIDES WITH A 2-INCH LONG SILVER TIP FINISHED WITH A HORSE-HAIR AND LEATHER TASSEL. THIS SKULL HAS BEEN APPRAISED FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES AT $7,500.00.  AS WE ARE RETIRING AND SELLING SOME OF OUR ASSETS, WE HAVE PLACED A LOW RESERVE ON THIS UNIQUE PIECE OF LAKOTA ART AND HOPE THAT THE EBAY COMMUNITY OF ART COLLECTORS WILL ESTABLISH A FAIR PRICE AND PROVIDE A BUYER THAT WILL CHERISH AND APPRECIATE THIS PIECE OF ART FOR WHAT IT IS. THERE IS A SIMILAR PIECE ON DISPLAY AT THE JOURNEY MUSEUM IN RAPID CITY, SD PRICED AT $20,000.00.  Place a Bid!