Native American Beadwork

Pair of Sioux dolls from Custer State Park. These two along with 13 others were written up in National Geographic in May 1947(copy of magazine inc...

Ute basketry cradleboard with original brain tanned deer hide cover with beaded accents on upper panel and center band with fringe. Original and co...

Doll Cradleboard Collection (Right to Left) 1. Ute cradleboard. 13”. Beaded edge with cross accents and brain tanned deer hide. 2. Umatilla ...

Cheyenne moccasins with buffalo hoof design and buffalo hide uppers.PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Great Plains - Cheyenne, Native AmericanSIZE:...

Sioux female doll, beaded yoke both sides, tacked with heavily beaded belt. 14"H. Horse hair and brain tanned deer skin.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN:...

Sioux knife sheath. Fully beaded on buffalo hide over parfleche lining which still shows paint.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Na...

Nez Perce beaded and tacked belt drop on harness leather with arrow motif. Sinew sewn.PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Plateau - Nez Perce, Native...

Coeur d'Alene Tribe soft-soled moccasins of brain-tanned elk.PERIOD: Mid 20th CenturyORIGIN: Idaho, United StatesSIZE: Mens

Blanket strip sewn on turn-of-the-century. Pendleton/Cayuse blanket. 43" x 59"; bead strip 59" x 3 1/2" with four 5" medallions; ex museum.PERIOD: ...

Very thin hide. Fawn or antelope. Simple classic design.PERIOD: Last Half 19th CenturyORIGIN: Idaho, United StatesSIZE: 9" Sole

Two sided plateau flat bag. Both sides floral but different. Brain tanned carrying thong.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Unknown, Nativ...

Nez Perce man's vest with bugle/basket beads and sequins. Beaded both front and back on black wool. A trunk piece directly off the Reservation.PERI...

Santee Sioux doll cradle. Canvas with stylized floral beading. Wood carved doll and leather flap.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Minnesota, Unite...

Early designed beaded Nez Perce martingale. Constructed stroud applied to canvas with beaded panels of hourglass and diamond motifs. Split tab an...

Large Sioux female doll. 11"H, grandmother's hair. Brain tanned deer skin.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native AmericanSI...

Fully beaded knife sheath with band of tin cone on brain tanned buffalo.PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native AmericanSIZE...

Sioux highly decorated female doll with buffalo hair/scalp. 12"H. Brain tanned deer skin.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Na...

Arapaho knife sheath on buffalo with tin cone drop band. With knife that came with.PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Unknown, United StatesSIZE: 10"

Sioux knife sheath with buffalo hoof. Exceptional design. Fully beaded brain tanned front with dentalia shell drops having feather fluffs as a band...

Cheyenne female doll with bow and arrow case. 12". Brain tanned deer skin. Native scalp for hair.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Cheyenn...

Sioux doll with beaded cape both sides. 8". Brain tanned deer skin, horse hair.PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native Ameri...

Sioux doll with fully beaded cape both sides, grandmother's hair. 10"H. Brain tanned deer skin.PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Great Plains - Sio...

Flathead beaded cuffs with brass beads on wristbands.PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Plateau - Flathead, Native AmericanSIZE: 12" top, 6" botto...

Exceptional Sioux hairdrop. Quilled center with outside edging of small, greasy yellow beads and in between green bands interspersed with red beads...

Fully beaded Cheyenne moccasins including edge beading on tops and flaps. Soft and worn soles. Fully beaded moccasins were made as special gifts f...

Blackfeet parfleche knife sheath with cut-out, tacks and red ochre. With period knife, may not be original.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains...

Sioux fully beaded knife sheath. With tin cone drop band.PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native AmericanSIZE: 9" x 3 3/4"

Cheyenne buffalo hoof moccasins. Fully beaded edges on top. Brain tanned hide with parfleche soles.PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Great Plains -...

Nez Perce pictorial flat bag with two palominos.PERIOD: Mid 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Nez Perce, Native AmericanSIZE: 14" x 15"

53" x 11" panel plus 19" fringe on either end. Contour beaded panels in a combination of solid and translucent beads, accented with red trade cloth...

Geometric designs on blue background. Flour sack canvas center and back. Red white hearts, greasy yellows, brain tanned elk fringe, and metallic be...

Sioux beaded jar with blue background and greasy yellow design. 2"W x 4"HPERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native AmericanSIZE...

Decorated with sequins, beads, and hawk bells. 6" brain tanned fringe on back. 24" brain tanned fringe on ends.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: P...

The Northern Plains medicine pipe is an accurate reproduction of what became known as the “thunder medicine pipe” used by many Northern Plains trib...

Sioux made beaded pouch of brain tanned hide with yellow ochre and fully beaded edging. Different design on both sides. 5 ½” x 4”.PERIOD: 19th Cent...

5 1/2" brain tanned elk. Classic Sioux buffalo hoof design with yellow crosses with red faceted beads and commerical tanned elk hide. 5 1/2"PERIOD:...

Fully beaded. Brain tanned with parfleche soles.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Kiowa, Native AmericanSIZE: 11"

Plateau gauntlets with two deer. The United States Cavalry riders wore gauntlet gloves as part of their uniform, introducing the clothing style to ...

Nez Perce made flat bag made by Millie Andrews featuring male dancer with coup stick and bustle on brain tanned deerskin. Signed tag by the artist ...

Sioux brain-tanned dress, highly graphic; 48" fully beaded cape with center cross.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native Am...

Warriors necklace with dug-up beads, grizzly and lion claws - Restrung, well framed. 15" x 21" framePERIOD: UnknownORIGIN: California - Unkown, Nat...

Beaded on hide with canvas center, with silk ribbon and hawk bell drops. 76" x 30", circa 1890s. One of the very best.PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORI...

Sioux Man Doll. Old collector tag - Indian doll. "Found at Rabbit Creek Indian Camp after Battle of Slim Buttes, now Hardin County, South Dakota. D...

Ute Blanket Strip. Rosettes with brain-tanned braided drops, having early brass trade beads, on brain-tanned buffalo; classic design.PERIOD: Late 1...

Nez Perce dress: floral design on canvas yoke both sides, attached to brain-tanned hide; dangling beads and dewclaws; glass faceted beads with trib...

Southern Cheyenne full size dress with beading, ochre, lots of fringe, and exceptional concho belt that came with.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN:...

Sioux vest, beautifully beaded, with horses and flags. Display or wear.PERIOD: Mid 20th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native AmericanSIZE: ...

Warrior badger claw necklace composed of 14 pairs of claws interspersed with early brass trade beads strung on hide and trimmed with green and oran...