Native American Beadwork

Sioux made warriors badger claw choker with original ties. Has been shortened from original length but probably all beads and claws remain. Was tie...

Plateau (Possibly Blackfeet) beaded gauntlets of brain tanned buck skin. The United States Cavalry riders wore gauntlet gloves as part of their uni...

Heavily beaded yoke both sides with early tribal deer tail design. 48"L x 42"WPERIOD: Last Half 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Blackfeet, Nativ...

Saddle blanket 48" x 58" with 10" wide bead strip having mirrors and bells. Circa 1890s through Almeta Stevens from her mother. Came direct from th...

Sioux blanket strip sewn on buffalo then onto stroud. 3” x 70” with 4 roundels, each having remnants of silk ribbons and hawk bells. Blue stroud ...

Plateau saddle drape on brain tanned elk with matching beaded panels. Both ends having flaps with ties. Tent canvas lined. 108"L including fringe. ...

Plateau flat bag with faceted beads having a buck doe and fawn.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Unknown, Native AmericanSIZE: 9"x10"

Haudenosaunee/Iroquois beaded child's moccains on thick hide. Heavy velvet cuffs with red wool trim.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Eastern Woodl...

Cheyenne beaded blanket strip. Sinew sewn on brain tanned buffalo. A single piece. Backing on blue stroud. Bead strip with open teepee design.PERIO...

19th beaded blanket strip on buffalo, then on old blue stroud with original salvage.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Arapaho, Native Amer...

Nez Perce made belt pouch with geometric design directly on harness leather. Contour beaded. Lined with red flannel. A trunk piece directly off the...

Fully beaded Nez Perce made pouch with classic design. Sinew sewn on brain tanned elk hide with hide drops.PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Platea...

Northern Plains spike axe with tacked shaft, adornment (square) shanks and beaded drop. Drop late 19th Century but original to the piece.PERIOD: Mi...

Sioux made pipe bag with soft brain tanned hide, floral beaded top and runs down each side. Large beaded panel on both sides decorated with multico...

Female beaded Cheyenne doll with heavily beaded yoke both sides and grandmother's hair. 12"HPERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Great Plains - Cheyen...

Plateau gauntlets with faceted beads and floral design both cuff and glove. The United States Cavalry riders wore gauntlet gloves as part of their ...

Anishinaabe beaded bandolier bag. Red sewn and beaded with white, pink, red, yellow, translucent yellow, pearl, hunter green, pea green, light blue...

Extra large Sioux made pipe bag. Large beaded panel beaded with different designs on both sides. Quilled slats and fringe. Sinew sewn on brain tann...

Classic Sioux fully beaded knife sheath with tin cones, a band around sheath and on drop, several having horsehair. Complete with a file made bowie...

Sioux made patriotic pictorial beaded pipe bag with large beaded panel having four flags and large crosses on the quilled slats. Brain tanned leath...

Cree beaded pad saddle with four beaded panels decorated with flowers. Each side suspending fringe and yarn tassels. Inside stuffed with buffalo ha...

Plateau pictorial horse flat bag with prancing horse and flowers on greasy yellow background. 10" x 12"PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - ...

Crow tacked knife sheath on harness leather with original blade. Simply constructed from one piece of leather that was folded and then riveted alon...

Osage bandolier of pony hide decorated with early trade mirrors, silk ribbons ending with quilled slats, tin cones and feather fluffs on both ends....

Large Sioux knife sheath with yellow ochre brain tanned front with parfleche back. Greasy yellows and red white hearts and a band of tin cones. Sin...

Crow knife sheath of red ochre parfleche. Beaded design, tacks, black stroud with beaded edging and Crow style beaded tab at top. With knife that c...

Sioux fully beaded dance wand. Brain tanned hide with two steer horns.PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native AmericanSIZE: ...

Plateau beaded figurative belt. Extra wide with double buckles. Horse dancer, hourglass and geometric motif.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - U...

Ojibwe bandolier with small center pocket and faceted blue and green beaded drops ending in yarn tuffs. Large panel with matching shoulder straps.P...

Plains Cree bandolier. Shoulder ends not matching but original to the piece. Beaded drops ending in yarn tuffs. In as found condition without resto...

Chippewa/Ojibwe fully beaded bandolier bag on cloth and black velvet. Glass trade beads, loom beaded tabs on bottom.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Eas...

Yakama floral flat bag. Three flowers in a pot. Velvet backed. Greasy yellows.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Yakama, Native AmericanSI...