Native American Beadwork

Sioux made buffalo warrior’s scrotum bag. Bag was made in the 1880s with tokens added through the early 20th Century. From the Sioux Pineridge Rese...

Cree made contour beaded panels. Different both sides. Red ochre cover with scalloped top having white bead edging. Clear bugle beads at top of fri...

Iroquois made beaded whimsy in the shape of a canoe with American Flag. Dated 1925.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Northeast - Iroquois, Native A...

Ojibwe floral beaded bandolier bag with full pocket and intermediate beaded panel. Matching shoulder straps. Metallic bead edging and bugle bead dr...

Iroquois made beaded whimsy. Hanging bird with two balls in beak. Used as a pin cushion. 6" x 5"PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Northeast - Iroqu...

Iroquois made whimsy in the shape of a boot wall pocket. Beaded with colors of green and white, drops of blues and pinks. 6" x 3 1/2".PERIOD: Early...

Hidatsa or Arikara moccasins from the Upper Missouri River. Red and white on buffalo with linen cuffs.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plain...

Late 19th Century Plains made beaded pipe bag. Sinew sewn with different beaded decoration on both sides. 8" x 17" plus 5" fringe.PERIOD: Late 19th...

19th Century beaded and quilled Sioux made pictorial pipe bag. The bag exhibits a tanned hide construction being sinew sewn with period correct 180...

Soft smoke tanned soles with floral beading and black velvet cuffs.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Northeast - Ojibwe, Native AmericanSIZE: You...

Ojibwe beaded bandolier with full pocket. Floral beaded with matching shoulder straps. Blue faceted bead drops ending in red yarn tuffs.PERIOD: 19t...

Ojibwe bandolier with full pocket and flour sack lining. Beaded drops with yarn tuffs.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Northeast - Ojibwe, Native Americ...

Crow (or Nez Perce)geometric, floral beaded saddle blanket. Red wool with contrasting black border having floral design. Faceted beads. 36" x 49", ...

Sioux medicine wheel blanket strip having four rondels each having hide drops ending in hawk bells. Sinew sewn on buffalo. Bead Strip 3 1/4" x 57";...

Sioux fully beaded child's vest with quilled drops ending in tin cones and feather fluffs.PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Na...

Late 19th century Potawatomie bandolier bag with late cloth loom muslin and overall beaded floral decoration. Loom and hand sewn. Beaded drops and ...

Potawatomi beaded bandlier bag with old trade cloth and muslin with overall loom beaded floral and geometric design. Beaded drops and yarn tassels...

Plateau beaded gauntlets with eagle motif and fringe around, smoke tanned.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Unknown, Native AmericanSIZE:...

Plateau beaded gauntlets with vibrant floral decoration on the back ends and uppers. Fringe sides. Brain tanned deer skin.PERIOD: Early 19th Centur...

Late 19th Century Great Lakes beaded bandolier bag. The beads hand sewn in foliate designs over a beaded background in wool and cotton with drops.P...

19th century Great Lakes bandolier bag with velvet, cotton and calico wool trade cloth with hand sewn foliate decoration.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN...

Warrior's bone tube breastplate decorated with abalone discs, glass beads, hide fringe and Maltese cross.PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau -...

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

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

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,...

Fully beaded Nez Perce leggings strips sewn on canvas. Came directly from Al Sucrapoo, Kamiah, Idaho.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Ne...

Apsaalooke (Crow) made "bear claw" necklace with trade beads. 19 mountain sheep horn pendants carved to imitate grizzly bear claws, strung on a hid...

Northern Plains beaded awl case with flap and beaded drops having tin cones and horsehair. The Northern Plains people made awl cases by winding or ...

Sioux made horse sitting bandolier of rolled brain tanned buffalo hide over fiber covered with red ochre and attached horse teeth. Outside loop wit...

Arapaho brain tanned rifle scabbard with beautiful beadwork both ends, long fringe from end to end.PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - ...

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...

Pair of large men's Sioux moccasins with matching tall knee high leggings. All finely beaded showing unique detailed geometric patterns. Early bead...

Kiowa child's hightop boot mocassins. Thread sewn on hide coated with yellow ochre and green pigment. Decorated with a beaded medallion on the vamp...

Koiwa child's beaded hightop boot moccasins. Thread and sinew sewn on hide, coated with yellow ochre, green and red pigment, beaded lanes house two...

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...

Northern Plains made crucifix with old trade beads strung on store twine. Cross made of iron with chrome overlay and inlaid wood in center. Crucifi...

Mille Lacs Ojibwe bandolier bag with floral beading, beaded center panel, full pocket and matching shoulder straps. Blue bugle beads on bottom endi...

Flathead made watch fob case. Brain tanned. 3"D fob overall 7"L to slip over belt or vest pocket.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Flathe...

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

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

Northern Plains beaded doctor's bag. Beaded strips on brain tanned hide with red stroud fluffs. Most probably Cheyenne. Cloth lined. 18 1/2"LPERIOD...

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 ...

Elaborate Sioux beaded knife sheath on brain tanned hide with metallic beads. Sinew sewn. A nice display piece. 10" plus 3" drop x 3" wide with kn...

Matched pair of Sioux woman's beaded hide leggings. White, red, green, blue and metallic seed beads. 14 1/2" x 17 1/2"PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIG...

Crow beaded whetstone case. Beaded with fringe to end. Accompanied by a whetstone. Much used with grease and blood. approximately 7" x 5" with frin...

Northern Plains beaded hide doll. Sinew sewn and beaded in colors of rose, light blue, white and green. Fringe cap. Quiver over shoulder. Ex. Eber ...

Nez Perce ladies belt. Blue beaded and tacked on harness leather. 33" x 2"PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Nez Perce, Native AmericanSIZE...