FIVE POECES TEHUELCHE ITEMS,Central Pampas, Argentina , 19th-20th Century. A group of artifacts from the Tehuelche indians from the Argentinean pampas, including a wooden bow and diverse metal tipped arrows together with a set of leader-covered and braided "boleadoras" for war and hunting, a pair of gourd rattles, a camelid wool decorated mantle ("poncho"), and a "mate" drinking gourd. Estimate $500-800
PROVENANCE: From a tribal and folk art gallery in La Pampa, Argentina mid 1960s