Native American Beadwork

Sioux beaded saddle blanket on hide and on tent canvas. 32" x 50" plus 10" fringe. Department of Interior Indian Affairs.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN...

Shoshone beaded brain tanned dress. Thread and sinew sewn with fringe seams and lined with a flour sack. Simple design on yoke. Beaded with colors ...

Child's Seneca moccasins. Small red white hearts, white and blue beads, and fawn skin with cuffs of red silk.PERIOD: Mid 19th CenturyORIGIN: Northe...

Plateau pictorial gauntlets with appaloosa with faceted beads, three arrows on back of hands, two war clubs above and below horse. The United State...

Nez Perce flat Bag with saddled pinto on blue background.PERIOD: Mid 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Nez Perce, Native AmericanSIZE: 12" x 13"

Crow martingale on red stroud designed with blue, pink, gold, green and red beads. 31 1/2"H x 19"WPERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Crow, ...

Blackfeet fully beaded gauntlets. Thread sewn and beaded with geometric designs in colors of pony trader blue, greasy yellow, red, amber, pea green...

Ute made circular rosette pouch with gourd stitched handle. Geometric beaded both sides different. Rosette 4"D overall including handle 10"PERIOD: ...

Southern Plains made net beaded pouch. Brain tanned. 3" x 4 1/2" plus drops.PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Southern Great Plains, Native American...

Fully beaded Shohsone belt on harness leather. Dark blue edging with lighter blue center having dispersed geometric designs.PERIOD: Late 19th Centu...

Plateau fully beaded pictorial belt on harness leather. Belu beaded edges, white middle with alternating arrows and flying birds. Pictorials are ve...

Fully beaded Plateau belt on saddle leather. Note: all back stitches go through.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Unknown, Native America...

Nez Perce made belt pouch beaded on brain tanned deer skin. Tiny beads on baby blue background with dark blue square corners and red and pink flora...

Horse medicine warrior's choker made of horse teeth. Partially dyed red, clam shell and brass trade beads. Powerful medicine piece worn by a warrio...

Apache made beaded pouch. Brain tanned, sinew sewn, beaded different both sides. 5" x 7" plus 5" fringe.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Southwest...

Apache beaded pouch. Beaded both sides different. Brain tanned. 8" x 10" plus 7" beaded dropsPERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Southwest - Apache, ...

Southern Plains made net beaded bag with handle and beaded drops top and bottom. 3" x 4"PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Southern Great Plains, Native A...

Sioux made beaded puzzle pouch. Sinew sewn on fawn skin. Beaded both sides different with beaded edging. 5" x 3 1/2"PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN...

Sioux made beaded dispatch pouch. Made with recycled boot leather. Beaded flap and sides. One remaining tin cone drop. Old collection number "K0L 8...

Sioux made beaded pouch with checkerboard design one side and stylized bug on reverse. Brain tanned, sinew sewn, cobalt bead drops. 4" x 5"PERIOD: ...

Sioux made pouch with geometric beading different both sides. Full fringe, brain tanned sinew sewn. 4" x 3 1/2" plus fringe.PERIOD: Late 19th Centu...

Sioux made beaded pouch with stylized geometrics one side and quilled cross verso.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native American

Sioux made pouch of brain tanned deer skin. Same beaded design both sides with fringe. 9" x 4" plus fringePERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains ...

Sioux made beaded pouch on brain tanned doe skin. Different beading both sides. Much patina from use. 4 1/2" x 6"PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: G...

Sioux made amulet pouch. Beaded both sides different. Brain tanned, sinew sewn. Double beaded edging. 4 1/2" x 2 1/2"PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGI...

Shoshone made beaded pouch with original collection tag "NO. 133. Shoshone period Ross Fork Res. Pocatello, Idaho September 1915." Red and green f...

Santee Sioux made beaded pouch. Sinew sewn on brain tanned doe skin. Beaded both sides different. Linen drawstrings. 3 1/2" x 5"PERIOD: Late 19th C...

Native made peyote button pouch. Very tiny beads of metallic, brass and silver with fringe flap. 2"D overall 10"PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: U...

Penobscot made beaded pouch. Translucent beading on velvet front. Brain tanned deer skin back. Note inside "Hazel Beck Barnes' Grans Mother's India...

Northern Plains made beaded pouch on brain tanned doe skin. Fold over flap. Different beaded both sides. 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN:...

Colorful Nez Perce leggings from an early Cayuse trade blanket. Edged in red stroud with red blocks of stroud at the bottom, each having two brass ...

Nez Perce made rosette pouch with handle and fringe on brain tanned doe skin. 3 1/2"D plus beaded drops and handle.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Plat...

Native beaded pouch on brain tanned fawn skin. 3 1/2" x 6" plus drop with ties having beaded ends.PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Unknown, Native ...

Menominee made beaded pouch. Both sides with beaded edging. Front very displayable, insect damage on reverse. 4" x 4 1/2"PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyO...

Kiowa made medicine pouch. Beaded different both sides with silk edging on brain tanned. 5" x 4"PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Unknown, Native Am...

Cree made beaded pouch with beaded flap. Silk borders and small blue beaded edging. Smoke tanned, sinew sewn, metallic beads. 4" x 4 1/2"PERIOD: La...

Arapaho made fully beaded ration pouch. Different beadwork both sides. Brain tanned on buffalo. 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" plus fringe.PERIOD: Late 19th Centu...

Apache made beaded watch fob case. Beaded on brain tanned. 3"D fob 6" plus 4" beaded drops.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Southwest - Apache, Na...

Apache made beaded strike-a-light. Fully beaded both sides. Red ochre covered with double tin cone drops. Blue padre bead handle and chain drops fr...

Apache made beaded scrotum bag. Different beadwork each side with beaded drops and rim. Sinew sewn on brain tanned doe skin. 7" x 4"PERIOD: Late 19...

19th Century Apache made puzzle pouch with two flaps and belt loop. 3 1/2" x 4"PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Southwest - Apache, Native America...

Apache made beaded puzzle pouch with two flaps. 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" with belt loop.PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Southwest - Apache, Native American...

Iroquois beaded flat pouch. Floral beading on velvet the same both sides. 6" x 7"PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Northeast - Iroquois, Native Ame...

Flathead made pocket watch fob case. Beaded both sides with extension to go over belt or in vest. Sinew sewn on brain tanned deer skin. Small beads...

Crow made neck pouch. Beaded same both sides. Covered with red ochre. Long fringe, braided neck tie. Filled with medicine bundle. 3" x 4" plus 4" f...

Crow made beaded pouch. Sinew sewn on deer skin. Patina to spare. Abstract floral beaded design. Much used. 4 1/2" x 3 1/2"PERIOD: Late 19th Centur...