Rare Antique Native American Beaded Art

This is a rare detailed piece of American Western history! It was told to me by a museum curater in Reno that it was made over months or years time by a young girl, either Native American or captured white young lady. The work was finely stitched like the parlor needlework of a Victorian girl. It may have taken some time to accuire all these seed beads, and the beads are sewn tighly so as not to let the fabric show through. The artist must have had teriffic eyesight. The beads are quite old and varied. Most are irregularly fauceted to glitter. It has a great variety of colors and sizes, but the beeds were put together in a fabulous cobination, mostly heutrals. The coveted horse is a spotted pony, most likely a mustang from Nevada. The background scene is desert or high desert with white mountians, low clouds and scant green grass & blue water. The piece is very large, the size of a small bathmat, and from the weight could of been used as a rug. It is not missing any beads, and all thread is intact. The backside is brown silk or silk-like quilted fabric. I do intricate seed bead portriats, and the size and detail are amazing given the selection and color range of beads avalible. With overall nice proportions the beads are random rows, not beadpoint. Also incorporated was a reverse shadowing effect and rare beads placed to highlight, given there the artist had just a few odd colored beads.