Native American Beadwork

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.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native America...

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: Northeast - Iroquois, Native A...

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: Northeast - Iroqu...

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.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Northeast - Ojibwe, Native AmericanSIZE: You...

Ojibwe beaded bandolier with full pocket. Floral beaded with matching shoulder straps. Blue faceted bead drops ending in red yarn tuffs.PERIOD: 19t...

Ojibwe bandolier with full pocket and flour sack lining. Beaded drops with yarn tuffs.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Northeast - Ojibwe, Native Americ...

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.PERIOD: Early 19th Centur...