Self-adornment is important to many Native American tribes. Traditionally, garments were decorated with porcupine quills, feathers, animal hair and plant-based dyes. With the introduction of European trade, traditional hand drilled beads made from stone, bone and shell were soon replaced with glass beads in red, yellow, blue, and white. The visual enhancement of clothing and horse gear has remained a strong part of Native American culture to this day. Cisco’s collection of antique American Indian beadwork includes moccasins, pipe bags, flat bags, bandolier bags, tipi bags, gauntlets, cradle boards, fetishes, martingales and more. Much of the collection is from the Great Plains and Plateau regions and dates to the late 19th Century, early 20th Century.
Sioux dress of doeskin; fully beaded cape; full size; sinew-sewn; ca. 1890's; 45" across, 40" top to bottom.PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Great...
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Ojibwe bandolier bag with floral beading with glass tube and yarn drops. Panel without pocket. Noted: Collection 1702-G = 23 Ojibwe. Came from a Ne...
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19th Century Northern Plains knife or scissors sheath on brain tanned buffalo with bead drops. Bar design on front, fully scatter beaded back. 9 1/...
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This Cheyenne style "Princess" is a research-accurate 1880s doll sculpture, expressing the beauty and style of the Cheyenne culture. The piece is h...
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Sioux female doll with fully beaded yoke, human hair, harness leather belt, buffalo calf skin. 14"PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux,...
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Sioux beaded doll. Thread and sinew sewn. Muslin body and hide dress having beadwork in colors of light and dark blue, greasy yellow and white, lon...
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Collection of 4 Apache made beaded watch fob pouches. Brain tanned. 2 1/2"D, 5"L plus beaded drops.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Southwest - Ap...
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Plateau saddle bags. Beaded on brain tanned elk hide. A few stains from use. Very supple. Early 20th Century. 47" x 12" beaded panels 12" x 10" plu...
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Plateau dress of tanned deer hide and fully beaded cape both sides. Appears never to have been worn. Mid 20th Century. 32" across cape, 17" chest, ...
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Northern Plains beaded ball. White, blue, pumpkin and scatter beads. Late 19th Century. 3"PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Northern ...
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Cree moccasins with beaded designs toes and cuffs. Soft soles. Excellent condition. Purchased in Canada in 1920. 10" x 5"PERIOD: Mid 20th CenturyOR...
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Chippewa floral fully beaded holster. Sinew sewn on brain tanned hide with cotton lining and flap. Circa 1890. 5” x 9”PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIG...
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Ojibwe beaded whimsies of a early 20th Century heart with bird, and a 19th Century hanging bird. Heart 4" x 4PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Easte...
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Cree high top boots. Beaded toes, trade cloth design, soft soles. Would display great with snowshoes. 12"PERIOD: First Half 20th CenturyORIGIN: Eas...
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Floral with butterfly brain-tanned buckskin, with white alum. Hardly used. Trunk piece. The United States Cavalry riders wore gauntlet gloves as pa...
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Northern Plains awl case with six Indian head pennies. Thread sewn. Original bone awl. Made from bear penis bone. Heavily impregnated with grease a...
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Moose hide jacket with initials "J.A.L" on back with American flag. Heavy commercially tanned moose hide with beaded design, red trade cloth accent...
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Vintage ideal combo reloading tool 44 cal. Bullet mold marked "Ideal Mfg Co. New Haven CT USA.44 EVNM Pat Feb 11 & Dec 20, 84" With Northern Pl...
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19th Century clay trade pipe and brain tanned Native American made beaded heart pouch. 4" x 6"PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Unknown, Native Amer...
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20th Century Cree floral beaded belt and sheath with knife. 26" belt, 7" sheathPERIOD: First Half 20th CenturyORIGIN: Eastern Woodlands - Cree, Nat...
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Native made buffalo hide gloves with loom beaded floral banding. Late 19th Century. 8"W x 11"PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Northwest Coast - Ala...
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19th Century beaded Sioux ladies or child's leggings. 8" x 4"PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native AmericanSIZE: 8" x 4"
Sioux beaded child's vest with teepees having flags on top. Mid 20th Century. 7" x 7"PERIOD: Mid 20th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native A...
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Holster for a Colt decorated with studs and Northern Plains beaded bands. A Colt with 5 1/2" barrel fits. No maker's mark.PERIOD: Early 20th Centur...
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Hudson Bay jacket with label having beaded bands on cuffs, pockets and collar. Very good wearable condition. 30"L, 16" across chest, 17" across sho...
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Plateau/Blackfeet pouch with beaded butterfly design and small fringe. Mid 20th Century. 5"W x 6"DPERIOD: Mid 20th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Bl...
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Sioux patriotic beaded vest with flag motif front and back. Flour sack lining. An old tag that came with "Sioux fully beaded vest of George Bear. A...
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Sioux beaded vest with patriotic motif. Eagles with flag, banners and geometric design on front; stars on back, and flour sack lining. Very supple ...
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Sioux vest with geometric designs and bottom fringe. Inside liner has been lost. Fragile at armpits. A few missing beads. Circa 1890. 16" x 16" plu...
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Ojibwe beaded vest with floral design on front and pictorial on back having flowers, birds and antlered deer. Beaded on commercial leather. Tag tha...
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Cree beaded vest on blue wool with flour sack lining. Never had buttons. Circa 1920. 18"W x 22"HPERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Eastern Woodlands...
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Cree beaded vest with floral motif on front, beaded on suede. Very supple - display or wearable. Early 20th Century. 18"W x 22"HPERIOD: Early 20th ...
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Mid 19th century Seminole (Choctaw) woman's leggings with geometric beaded design on red stroud. Ex. Southebys. 13"L x 8 7/4"W.PERIOD: Late 19th Ce...
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Chippewa beaded child's vest with floral design. Beaded on suede. Circa 1920. 13"W x 15"HPERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Eastern Woodlands - Chip...
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Chippewa wall pocket. Floral beaded design with three pockets. Early 20th Century. 15" x 6"PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Eastern Woodlands - Ch...
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Late 19th Cheyenne used kaleidoscope with cut glass purse beads in prism. Outside with typical Cheyenne border pattern with late 19th Century color...
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