Native American Beadwork

Arapaho beaded moccasins of traditional form. Sinew sewn and lazy stitched with parfleche buffalo soles. Beaded with geometric and cross forms.PERI...

Tsis Tsis' Tas (Cheyenne) quilled saddle blanket. Rectangular form with overhanging beaded and fringed borders with brass bell accents. The borders...

Large Sioux beaded doll of brain tanned doe skin having belt and drop, and black horsehair. Red white hearts and greasy yellows. Much larger than m...

Sioux made beaded warrior's travel pipe bag with brain tanned deer skin, red white hearts, greasy yellows and brain tanned fringe. Inside were two ...

Northern Plains ladies hair pipe breastplate. Decorated with shells, large trade beads on hide. Beaded drops ending cowrie shells. Beaded neck yoke...

Sioux quilled and beaded moccasins on brain tanned buffalo with parfleche soles.PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native Ameri...

Sioux made pouch with bead strips, horse hide, brain tanned, fringe and red stroud.6 1/2"D x 12"HPERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, ...

Sioux made buffalo warrior’s scrotum bag. Bag was made in the 1880s with tokens added through the early 20th Century. From the Sioux Pineridge Rese...

Cree made contour beaded panels. Different both sides. Red ochre cover with scalloped top having white bead edging. Clear bugle beads at top of fri...

Iroquois made beaded whimsy in the shape of a canoe with American Flag. Dated 1925.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Eastern Woodlands - Iroquois, ...

Ojibwe floral beaded bandolier bag with full pocket and intermediate beaded panel. Matching shoulder straps. Metallic bead edging and bugle bead dr...

Iroquois made beaded whimsy. Hanging bird with two balls in beak. Used as a pin cushion. 6" x 5"PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Eastern Woodlands...

Iroquois made whimsy in the shape of a boot wall pocket. Beaded with colors of green and white, drops of blues and pinks. 6" x 3 1/2".PERIOD: Early...

Hidatsa or Arikara moccasins from the Upper Missouri River. Red and white on buffalo with linen cuffs.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plain...

Late 19th Century Plains made beaded pipe bag. Sinew sewn with different beaded decoration on both sides. 8" x 17" plus 5" fringe.PERIOD: Late 19th...

19th Century beaded and quilled Sioux made pictorial pipe bag. The bag exhibits a tanned hide construction being sinew sewn with period correct 180...

Soft smoke tanned soles with floral beading and black velvet cuffs. Youth; 8"LThe Ojibwe people can be found through Ontario and into Montana. The ...

Ojibwe beaded bandolier with full pocket. Floral beaded with matching shoulder straps. Blue faceted bead drops ending in red yarn tuffs. Panel 13" ...

Ojibwe bandolier with full pocket and flour sack lining. Beaded drops with yarn tuffs. 10" x 36" plus dropsThe Ojibwe people can be found through O...

Crow (or Nez Perce)geometric, floral beaded saddle blanket. Red wool with contrasting black border having floral design. Faceted beads. 36" x 49", ...

Sioux medicine wheel blanket strip having four rondels each having hide drops ending in hawk bells. Sinew sewn on buffalo. Bead Strip 3 1/4" x 57";...

Sioux fully beaded child's vest with quilled drops ending in tin cones and feather fluffs.PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Na...

Late 19th century Potawatomie bandolier bag with late cloth loom muslin and overall beaded floral decoration. Loom and hand sewn. Beaded drops and ...

Potawatomi beaded bandlier bag with old trade cloth and muslin with overall loom beaded floral and geometric design. Beaded drops and yarn tassels...

Plateau beaded gauntlets with eagle motif and fringe around, smoke tanned.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Unknown, Native AmericanSIZE:...

Plateau beaded gauntlets with vibrant floral decoration on the back ends and uppers. Fringe sides. Brain tanned deer skin. 14" x 8"PERIOD: Early 19...

Late 19th Century Great Lakes beaded bandolier bag. The beads hand sewn in foliate designs over a beaded background in wool and cotton with drops.P...

19th century Great Lakes bandolier bag with velvet, cotton and calico wool trade cloth with hand sewn foliate decoration.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN...

Warrior's bone tube breastplate decorated with abalone discs, glass beads, hide fringe and Maltese cross.PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau -...

Ute basketry cradleboard with hide cover and beaded design. All original, much patina from use.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Basin - Ute, Nativ...

Sioux beaded womens moccasins. Beaded in red, white and blue.PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native AmericanSIZE: 10"

Sioux beaded hide dress. Sinew sewn with yoke beaded in colors of dark amber, pony trader blue, light blue, red white-heart, apple red white-heart,...

Fully beaded Nez Perce leggings strips sewn on canvas. Came directly from Al Sucrapoo, Kamiah, Idaho. Each 29" x 2 1/2"PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyOR...

Apsaalooke (Crow) made "bear claw" necklace with trade beads. 19 mountain sheep horn pendants carved to imitate grizzly bear claws, strung on a hid...

Northern Plains beaded awl case with flap and beaded drops having tin cones and horsehair. The Northern Plains people made awl cases by winding or ...