- Shell Bone and Trade BeadsSKU: V448CTwo strands of restrung beads from Calaveras County, California. We think Mono, Modoc or Yokut. Beads are shell bone and early trade. All were found and restrung. Trade beads 50" shell beads with one bone tube 120". As found together, stays together. PERIOD: PrehistoricORIGIN: California, ...53% off
$700$1,500 - Nez Perce Pictorial GauntletsSKU: Q111Nez Perze pictorial gauntlets with eagle holding arrow on blue background on cuff and floral design on glove. Brain tanned deer skin. Flour sack lined. The United States Cavalry riders wore gauntlet gloves as part of their uniform, introducing the clothing style to plains tribes who turned the ...
$3,500 - Plateau GauntletsSKU: O1896Plateau gauntlets of brain/smoke tanned buck skin, floral design cuff and glove, some faceted beads. The United States Cavalry riders wore gauntlet gloves as part of their uniform, introducing the clothing style to plains tribes who turned the gloves into spectacular works of art with ...
$1,600 - Plateau GauntletsSKU: KK0155Plateau gauntlets of brain tanned doe skin. Partially beaded with floral design cuff with butterfly and glove. Machine sewn quilting on cuff. Faceted beads. The United States Cavalry riders wore gauntlet gloves as part of their uniform, introducing the clothing style to plains tribes who turned ...
$900 - Plateau GauntletsSKU: K693Plateau gauntlets with fully beaded cuff having floral design and floral on glove. Brain/smoke tanned buck skin. Rare black faceted background. The United States Cavalry riders wore gauntlet gloves as part of their uniform, introducing the clothing style to plains tribes who turned the gloves ...
$3,500 - Crow Beaded and Tacked BeltSKU: D0267Crow beaded and tacked belt sewn directly on harness leather. PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Crow, Native AmericanSIZE: 31" Bead Strip Overall 42"
$4,500 - Plateau GauntletsSKU: X364Nez Perce/Plateau gauntlets. Wear on hands from use, but beadwork intact. The United States Cavalry riders wore gauntlet gloves as part of their uniform, introducing the clothing style to plains tribes who turned the gloves into spectacular works of art with painstaking beadwork. As skilled ...
$2,500 - Plateau GauntletsSKU: S819Plateau gauntlets with flower motif and butterfly on brain-tanned hide with buffalo fringe. The United States Cavalry riders wore gauntlet gloves as part of their uniform, introducing the clothing style to plains tribes who turned the gloves into spectacular works of art with painstaking ...68% off
$650$2,000 - Cree GauntletsSKU: KK0772Cree bucking bronc gauntlets with silk embroidery. The United States Cavalry riders wore gauntlet gloves as part of their uniform, introducing the clothing style to plains tribes who turned the gloves into spectacular works of art with painstaking beadwork. As skilled horsemen, Sioux and other ...20% off
$2,000$2,500 - Plateau GauntletsSKU: K1819Plateau gauntlets with floral design. The United States Cavalry riders wore gauntlet gloves as part of their uniform, introducing the clothing style to plains tribes who turned the gloves into spectacular works of art with painstaking beadwork. As skilled horsemen, Sioux and other plains tribes ...
$1,200 - Nez Perce Gauntlets with RosesSKU: A0426Nez Perce gauntlets with fully beaded white panels having a center rose, smoke tanned elk hide. Trunk piece, never worn. The United States Cavalry riders wore gauntlet gloves as part of their uniform, introducing the clothing style to plains tribes who turned the gloves into spectacular works of ...
$750 - Plateau Flat BagSKU: D0158_KBFully beaded Plateau flat bag with floral design on white background. Red stroud edged and backed, flour sac lining. Interesting that there are three or four different sizes and types of white beads in the background. Ex. Blakeley. 11" x 12" PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Unknown, ...58% off
$500$1,200 - Apache Infant CradleSKU: D0243_RP19th Century Apache infant cradle of brain tanned doe skin with classic Apache beading front and top. Lifting sunshade to slip baby in, smoked patina from the lodge on the grip handle. A period doll was added early in the 20th Century. Back slats fragile due to age. Original penciled sale price ...60% off
$6,000$15,000 - Eastern Society Beaver BagSKU: O307Eastern Society made beaver bag. Zig-Zag beads on tail represent rippling water. Third or fourth degree, much rarer than the Mink or Otter bags. PERIOD: Mid 19th CenturyORIGIN: Midwest, United StatesSIZE: 41" x 8"
$30,000 - Sioux Pipe BagSKU: L2000AHighly visual Sioux made pipe bag. Identical beading both sides. Parfleche quilled slats and brain tanned fringe. Beaded upper sides and rim. Quilled drop with tin cones and yellow feather fluffs on top tie. Bag 19" x 8" slats 5" fring 11" overall 34". PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - ...
$5,500 - Patriotic MoccasinsSKU: D0101Fully beaded Sioux patriotic moccasins. Greasy white background with eagles and US banners. Parfleche soles. "0 3 5" written in greasy yellows on green background both toes with initials "G.H." beaded in red on tongue. We assumed commissioned by a soldier most probably Sioux or made as a gift ...
$8,000 - Sioux Work BagSKU: D0080Hidatsa Sioux made work bag from Fort Berthold, North Dakota. Properly referred to as a woman's work bag that was used for holding sewing materials, sinew, awls and beads. Sinew sewn on brain tanned buffalo calf skin. Tin cones with horse hair tassels. Used but well cared for. PERIOD: Late 19th ...
$4,500 - Aarapho PouchSKU: D0077Arapaho made pouch of brain tanned deer skin with cross motif and border of diagonally stitched diamonds. 7"L x 8"W x 1/2"D PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Arapaho, Native AmericanSIZE: 7"L x 8"W x 1/2"D
$750 - Arapaho MoccasinsSKU: D0076Arapaho mens moccasins of brain tanned deer skin with parfleche soles. Trunk piece, unused condition. PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Arapaho, Native AmericanSIZE: 10" x 4"W x 3"H
$900 - Sioux Baby MoccasinsSKU: C0758Fully beaded Sioux baby moccasins with red white hearts, sinew sewn on brain tanned with parfleche soles. PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native AmericanSIZE: 4 1/2"
$1,500 - Northern Plains BreastplateSKU: C0861Northern Plains man's bone tube breastplate. Harness leather brass trade beads, fringe and brain tanned buffalo hide neck tie. Brass and bone tubes extend 5" to shoulder. Bone still shows smoke from the teepee. PERIOD: Mid 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Northern Plains, Native AmericanSIZE: ...
$12,000 - Blackfeet DressSKU: O1746Blackfeet dress of red stroud. Estimated 1920s. Beads on panels both sides carried over from 19th Century. 40" x 40" PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Blackfeet, Native AmericanSIZE: 40"x40"
$7,000 - Blackfeet Beaded Blanket StripSKU: A0462Blackfeet beaded blanket strip, beaded on canvas with thin lines of red cloth outlining the various panels, displaying three cruciform roundels with panels of repeated motif resembling stylized butterflies to a later wool Hudson Bay blanket strip PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - ...
$9,000 - Blackfeet Loop NecklaceSKU: A0178Blackfeet Loop Necklace. Harness leather, brass tacks and brain tanned ties and full beaded rounds in white having center decoration increasing in width from top to bottom, dark blue beaded with a center of red white hearts. Ex F.M. Bell-Smith PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Great Plains - ...
$7,500 - Yakama Flat BagSKU: Z270Yakama made beaded flat bag with brass background and green stroud edging. PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Plateau - Yakama, Native AmericanSIZE: 9" x 10"
$4,500 - Yakama Pictorial Flat BagSKU: P984Yakama flat bag with folky deer with red stroud backing. PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Yakama, Native AmericanSIZE: 6" x 7" with 3" fringe
$3,500 - Yakama Beaded Flat BagSKU: P142Yakama flat bag with elk in the woods on white background. PERIOD: Mid 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Nez Perce, Native AmericanSIZE: 12" x 14"
$3,500 - Yakama Pony MartingaleSKU: B0553Rare, smaller sized horse Martingale with interesting bead designs on canvas with wool trim and buckskin ties. Log entry notes purchased Toppenish, Washington Summer of 1960. PERIOD: Mid 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Yakama, Native AmericanSIZE: 23"L
$6,500 - Yakama ApishamoreSKU: B0552Yakama saddle drape of brain tanned elk hide with colorful matching beaded geometric and floral panels on both ends with extra long fringe. Log entry noted purchased at Toppenish, WA 1960. PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Yakama, Native AmericanSIZE: 52" plus 30" fringe both ends
$6,500 - Cheyenne Pipe BagSKU: K29571880's Cheyenne made tab pipe bag. Beaded, yellow ochre and fringed. Beaded with different designs each side. 6"W x 17" plus 12" fringe. PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Great Plains - Cheyenne, Native AmericanSIZE: 6"W x 17" plus 12" fringe
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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.
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