- Sioux Beaded Saddle BlanketSKU: R576Sioux heavily beaded saddle blanket with stars, geometrics, and brain tanned fringe. 30" x 74". PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native AmericanSIZE: 30" x 74"
$12,000 - Plateau Beaded Flat BagSKU: O1707Plateau beaded flat bag with daylilies on blue background. Red stroud backing. PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Unknown, Native AmericanSIZE: 10" x 11"
$2,500 - Plateau Indian GauntletsSKU: N508Plateau gauntlets with beaded red bulls. 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 ...
$5,500 - Sioux Beaded HeadstallSKU: M1458Beaded headstall. Rawhide reins - over 7 feet. Came with quirt - noted fancy Mexican, Powder River, Wyoming Territory, October 10, 1880. Ex Lucian McConihe collection. PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native AmericanSIZE: Reins: 7 feet, Headstall: 20"
$12,000 - Flat Bag with Clear Glass Faceted BeadsSKU: M1419Nez Perce flat bag with floral design and background of clear faceted beads. With red stroud backing and interrupted pink beaded border. PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Nez Perce, Native AmericanSIZE: 10" x 11"
$3,500 - Double-Sided Plateau Flat BagSKU: L1476Two sided Plateau flat bag, one side with flowers and reverse with ravens sitting on branch with arrow below. Scatter beaded background. Octagon bag with brain tanned edging. Once had red stroud lining. PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Unknown, Native AmericanSIZE: 8" x 9"
$3,000 - Plateau Flat BagSKU: A0455Plateau flat bag with swallow and flowers on white and translucent background. PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Unknown, Native AmericanSIZE: 8” x 10”
$3,000 - Double-Sided Plateau Flat BagSKU: A0454Two sided Plateau flat bag, one with bear by lake, and the other with an eagle sitting on crossed arrows. With fully beaded double handle straps. PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Unknown, Native AmericanSIZE: 8” x 8 ½”
$3,000 - Whitetail Buck Beaded Flat BagSKU: A0453Somewhat folky and primitive Plateau flat bag with bucks jumping over log and stylized signature lower left. Brain tanned border. PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Unknown, Native AmericanSIZE: 9” x 10”
$2,000 - Nez Perce Flat BagSKU: A0450Nez Perce flat bag with center stag surrounded by morning glories on blue background. PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Nez Perce, Native AmericanSIZE: 13” x 14” plus 6” fringe
$3,500 - Kalispell Beaded GauntletsSKU: A0275Pair Kalispell beaded gauntlets with floral and mountain goat motif. 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, ...
$2,500 - Highly Decorated Nez Perce Saddle ThrowSKU: Y597Nez Perce saddle throw on brain tanned elk hide. 50” plus 30” fringe, both ends. Heavy bull hide. Similar, but not matching, 12" beaded panels on each side. Second time around. 24" warshirt bead strip. Decorated with tin cones and horse hair on center panel, backed with flour sacking. Work ...
$12,000 - Blackfeet Belt PouchSKU: N308Indian War Period Blackfeet made belt pouch carrying 4 Henry cartridges. Bead strip on sinew and tied down with thread. PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Blackfeet, Native AmericanSIZE: 3 x 3 1/2"
$4,500 - Beaded Sioux Saddle BlanketSKU: H1000HFully beaded Sioux saddle blanket, 19th century, with original fringe. 30" x 60" plus fringe. PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native AmericanSIZE: 30" x 60" plus fringe
$12,000 - Curly Bear's Knife SheathSKU: Y598Turn of the century pictorial knife sheath with horse and cross. Brain tanned hide, scraped with gun barrel scraper. Large original blade with highly polished elk antler handle. Belonged to Curly Bear, Glacier Park PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Blackfeet, Native ...
$12,000 - Sioux Horse Pictorial GauntletsSKU: X319Sioux horse pictorial gauntlets, choice of four colors - all outlined, one with American flag tale. 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 ...
$6,500 - Crow MoccasinsSKU: W87High-top men's moccasins; ca 1870s. Ex Lucian McConihe collection. Collected from same warrior as W86. PERIOD: Mid 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Crow, Native AmericanSIZE: 10 1/2" x 7"
$8,000 - Folky Pictorial Flat BagSKU: Q1375Plateau pictorial flat bag with Deer, flowers and brain tanned fringe. Folky and primitive deer. PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Unknown, Native AmericanSIZE: 6" x 7", plus 3" fringe
$3,000 - Beaded Sioux MoccasinsSKU: K466Sioux moccasins, beaded, primarily in blue and white, with flag motif and horse hair tuffs on tabs. PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native AmericanSIZE: 10 3/4" x 4"
$9,000 - Crow Scout ShirtSKU: P14671890's Scout shirt with brain tanned hide with floral beading on lapels and bells on shoulders. Outside shoulder 20", Outside Arm 22", Chest 20", 30"L PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Great Plains - Crow, Native AmericanSIZE: Outside shoulder 20", Outside Arm 22", Chest 20", 30"L
$14,000 - Sioux Warriors ShirtSKU: N591Sioux warrior's shirt with bead strips and fringe with old earth paint. Purchased as a Ghost Dance shirt, but may be earlier. PERIOD: 18th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native AmericanSIZE: Mens
$30,000 - Nez Perce Flat Bag with Floral DesignSKU: N1423Nez Perce flat bag with single flower on blue background. Brain tanned deerskin back with red stroud edging. PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Nez Perce, Native AmericanSIZE: 7 ½” x 9 ½”
$3,000 - Crow Beaded VestSKU: K1000COr Nez Perce turn of the century. Beaded vest on native tanned hide. Simple, real and used. PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Crow, Native AmericanSIZE: Man's size 22"L 18" Across Shoulder 2" Gap
$4,500 - Plateau Flat Bag with Eight-Point StarSKU: A0640Plateau flat bag with eight-point star on four-panel pink background. PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Plateau - Unknown, Native AmericanSIZE: 10” x 13”
$5,000 - Plateau Flat Bag with DovesSKU: A0457Plateau flat bag with two doves sitting on a branch with flowers on blue background. Brain tanned deerskin edging and 3” fringe. PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Unknown, Native AmericanSIZE: 10 ½” x 12”
$4,500 - Plateau Pictorial Flat BagSKU: A0456Plateau flat bag with elk in the woods and morning sun on white background. PERIOD: Mid 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Unknown, Native AmericanSIZE: 14" x 13"
$3,500 - Crow Shell Loop NecklaceSKU: A0255Crow shell loop necklace. Harness leather strip studded with 38 brass buttons; crow large abalone shells affixed to top. Ex Jim Ritchie PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Great Plains - Crow, Native AmericanSIZE: overall length 21"
$9,000 - Blackfeet GauntletsSKU: R615Blackfeet gauntlets. Floral and birds on black. 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 ...
$2,200 - Arapaho/Sioux Saddle BlanketSKU: O3919th century beaded hide saddle blanket. Sinew-sewn, lazy stitches, hawk bells, and fringe. 26" x 52" plus fringe. PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Arapaho, Native AmericanSIZE: 26" x 52" plus fringe
$12,000 - Cree Scout JacketSKU: O183619th century Cree Scout jacket with fringe, beading, and 41 elk ivories with a few painted green or red. Fringe on shoulders and arms. Back once had elk ivories that were removed during period of use. Ex First Peoples Museum of American Indian and Eskimo. Outside shoulder 20", Outside arm 20 ...
$18,000
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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