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Native American Beadwork

Self-adornment is important to many Native American tribes. Traditionally, Native Americans decorated garments 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 Native American 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.
  • Ute Cradleboard, Native, Accessory, Cradleboard

    Ute Cradleboard

    $5,500

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

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  • Northern Plains Woman's Dress, Native, Garment, Dress

    Northern Plains Woman's Dress

    $2,000
    $2,500
    |
    20% off

    Northern Plains, possibly Crow, red stroud woman's dress with over 300 ceramic elk teeth and beaded neck both sides.PERIOD: First Half 20th Century...

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  • Sioux Womens Moccasins, Native, Garment, Moccasins

    Sioux Womens Moccasins

    $3,000

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

  • Sioux Beaded Dress, Native, Garment, Dress

    Sioux Beaded Dress

    $18,000

    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,...

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  • Sioux Moccasins, Native, Garment, Moccasins

    Sioux Moccasins

    $3,000

    Sioux men's moccasins. Fully beaded with buffalo hoof design using cobalt blue and white heart beads on an apple green background.PERIOD: Late 19th...

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  • Beaded Pomo Basket, Native, Basketry, Vertical

    Beaded Pomo Basket

    $2,000

    Under the name Pomo are some 30 small tribes. The tribes which made these baskets live in Lake Sonoma and Mendocino counties, and are examples of t...

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  • Crow Rock Medicine, Native, Accessory, Medicine

    Crow Rock Medicine

    $12,000

    Highly decorated Crow rock medicine, early trade beads, elk ivories, dentalia shells, bone tube beads, abalone shells, shell disc beads, all covere...

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  • Sioux Moccasins, Native, Garment, Moccasins

    Sioux Moccasins

    $3,000

    Sioux beaded moccasins. Highly decorative. 10 1/2"LPERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native AmericanSIZE: 10 1/2"L

  • Crow Doll, Native, Doll, Other

    Crow Doll

    $4,500

    Crow beaded cloth doll wearing a red cloth dress with blue beaded band across shoulders and chest, and dispersed white beads, with a hide belt and ...

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