- Pawnee Pipe TomahawkSKU: D1626_JOPawnee pipe tomahawk. File burnt and tacked with remnants of yellow paint over entire shaft. Exhibited in the Wichita Falls Museum 1967, Maryland Academy of Art and Science 1969, Florida Museum - Ft. Lauderdale 1973, Collected by Howard Green from Hubbell who collected for George Heye around ...
$30,000 - Gunstock ClubSKU: D1625_JOGunstock club with carved and painted feather carvings at top, lines with red paint, 4" blade, original trade point. A real weapon of tiger maple. Exceptional patina. PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Northern Plains, Native AmericanSIZE: 4" Blade. 28"L
$15,000 - MicMac Spiked ClubSKU: D1624_JOMicMac spiked club. Chip carved handle with face on head having forged file spike at top with embedded and poured lead. Brass tacks and band of red painted hide decorate handle. Mandrel wound Dutch opalescent trade bead attached with hide thong through hole, traces of red paint on wood. Ex. ...
$15,000 - Plains Spiked ClubSKU: D1620_JOPlains stylized club simulating a mallard's head - halfway between a gunstock and a ball. Long file burnt handle, round head with green pigment surrounded by tacks with forged iron spikes set in lead. Native walnut. Ex Dennis Flughu, Canton, Illinois. PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Basin - ...
$7,500 - Ball Headed War ClubSKU: D1618_JOEastern ball headed war club of Native walnut with carved face having square nailed spike set in lead. Ex. Norm Johnson. PERIOD: Mid 19th CenturyORIGIN: East, United StatesSIZE: 21"; Ball 2 1/2";' Spike 2"
$15,000 - Ball Headed War ClubSKU: D1617_JOEastern ball headed war club with antler spike. Still shows file rasp marks from carving. Decorated with dots and bird tracks. Ex. Lockwood Family, Cincinnati. PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: East, United StatesSIZE: 24"L; Ball 4"D; Spike 3"L
$12,000 - Tacked Ball ClubSKU: D1615_JOSouthern Plains tacked ball headed club. A used piece. Native made of osage. Patina to spare. PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Southern Great Plains, Native AmericanSIZE: 21"L, Ball Head 3" x 2"25% off
$3,000$4,000 - Chief Mountain Horse by Two GunSKU: D1430_JOOil on board 12" x 16 " Period oak frame 20" x 16". Unique raised beading style. Complete typed history on back as follows: "Chief Mountain Horse, son of Moon Calf, was on of the famous old warriors of the Blood tribe of the Blackfeet Confederacy. When he died on October 31, 1937, at the age of ...
$2,500 - Hidatsa Arikara Medicine ShirtSKU: D1554_JOHidatsa Arikara medicine shirt worn by a warrior who deserved honors, pre-reservation. Horseshoes represent successful horse raids, and the six quilled eagle feathers signify war coups, scalps or battles. Would note, four real scalps possibly moved over from an earlier war shirt, both quills and ...
$30,000 - Pipe TomahawkSKU: D1595_JOHeavily adorned presentation grade pipe tomahawk with pewter inlaid fish, moon, acorn and war axe on cast iron blade. PERIOD: Mid 19th CenturyORIGIN: East, United StatesSIZE: Head 18" Overall 21"
$25,000 - Sioux War ShirtSKU: D1555_JO19th Century Sioux war shirt of brain tanned buffalo with red ochre quill wrapped hair locks. Bead strips have stylized buffalo heads, pipes and teepees. Nice patina from use inside and out. The pipes are a great icon and make us believe that the warrior it was made for must have been an ...
$75,000 - Pipe TomahawkSKU: D1594_JOPipe tomahawk with brass head engraved with American eagle having crest and "Hull Curttss, November 1, 1776". Shaft has tacks, pewter inlays and file burnt. Not sure what the "1776" represents. PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Unknown, United StatesSIZE: Head 10" Overall 21"
$30,000 - Presentation Pipe TomahawkSKU: D1593_JOPresentation pipe tomahawk with brass blade and cutouts. Noted on blade "A. Angstadt, Ohio, 1811." Hand engraved eagle, star and dove. Scalloped and keyhole design on stem. PERIOD: Early 19th CenturyORIGIN: Unknown, United StatesSIZE: Blade 10" Overall 19"
$25,000 - "Spontoon" Pipe TomahawkSKU: D1591_JOSpontoon pipe tomahawk came from an Osage family in Pahuska, Oklahoma. Spontoon style is credited as the "last true weapon" that was used during the Indian War Period 1860s - 1870s. Most samples are credited towards Sioux and Comanche however Oklahoma and the Quapaw would be directly between the ...
$20,000 - Missouri War AxeSKU: D1588_JOPewter blade with inlayed brass weeping heart on one side and crescent moon on other. Vame from an Osage family in Pahuska, Oklahoma. Spontoon style is credited as the "last true weapon" that was used during the Indian War Period 1860s - 1870s. Most samples are credited towards Sioux and ...
$20,000 - Pipe TomahawkSKU: D1586_JOPipe tomahawk with incised and file burnt handle. Eight holes for drops, scalloped haft. This piece used for smoking rather than fighting. This piece was kept for several generations in a private north woods museum in Minocqua, Wisconsin. PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Wisconsin, United ...
$7,500 - Northern Plains Figurative War ClubSKU: D1573_JONorthern Plains war club with stylized stone buffalo head. Raw hide wrapped adorned with brass tacks. Much patina from use - blood, grease and sweat. Museum quality. PERIOD: Mid 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Northern Plains, Native AmericanSIZE: 26" Overall
$15,000 - Beaver Tail Bowie KnifeSKU: D1568_JOBeaver tail bowie. 19th Century treaty knife with engraved blade. "Peace" and crossed arrows, Damascus steel, used in place of a presentation pipe tomahawk. Dag knife style, copper rivets, stag horn handle. PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Unknown, United StatesSIZE: Blade 6 1/2" Overall 11"
$7,500 - Blackfeet Fighting DagSKU: D1560_JOBlackfeet fighting dag native made with blade from a wagon wheel or barrel rim. Blade goes full length of handle and protrudes 8 1/4". Much patina from use. Fastened with nail rivets at butt and brain tanned buffalo thong. 14" x 4" sheath of buffalo hide, fully beaded and adorned with two large ...
$15,000 - Sioux Knife SheathSKU: D1542_JOSioux fully beaded knife sheath on brain tanned buffalo. Once had four brain tanned drops having tin cones with yellow horsehair, one remaining. Knife that came with. PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native AmericanSIZE: Sheath 7" x 2"
$3,000 - Metis Cree BandolierSKU: D1513_JOMetis Cree bandolier with classic beading on red stroud with white bead edging and black silk ribbon border. PERIOD: Mid 19th CenturyORIGIN: Northeast - Cree, Native AmericanSIZE: 30" x 7"
$20,000 - Crow SaddleSKU: D1524_JOCrow saddle with brain tanned deer hide. Original beaded horns and drops. Original wood and hide stirrups with drops connected with saddle leather straps. Three of the connecting saddle straps are brain tanned buffalo, one parfleche, the other replaced with saddle leather during the period of ...
$17,000 - Choctaw BandolierSKU: D1532_JOChoctaw bandolier shot pouch from a Natchez Mississippi collection. Silk ribbon fringe at shoulder. Exceptional graphic condition. White beading on red background outlined in black. Appears almost unused. PERIOD: Mid 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Choctaw, Native AmericanSIZE: Pouch 7" x ...
$35,000 - Northern Plains Warrior's NecklaceSKU: D1526_JONorthern Plains made warrior's necklace of wolverine claws interspersed with early brass trade beads. 25 claws strung on two brain tanned thongs. PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Northern Plains, Native AmericanSIZE: 28"
$5,000 - Warrior's NecklaceSKU: D1517_JOWarrior's necklace with bear claws and large grizzly tooth with Hudson Bay trade beads. Restrung, nice patina. Left Native hands in 2005. PERIOD: Mid 19th CenturyORIGIN: Unknown, United StatesSIZE: 27"
$4,500 - Sioux Ghost Dance Bow LanceSKU: D1506_JOSioux Ghost Dance bow lance, spear point carved of wood resembling the earlier bow with an iron point. Brain tanned buffalo drops. Red painted with rattlesnake design. Original sinew string. Ex. Vanlandingham PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native AmericanSIZE: 60"L
$11,000 - Parfleche Bonnet CaseSKU: D1500_JONorthern Plains parfleche bonnet case with original long fringe. Old smoke from the teepee. The term parfleche was first coined by the French fur traders and derived from the French word “parer” meaning defend and “fleche” meaning arrows, as the hide was tough enough to be used as a shield and ...
$8,000 - Sioux Bow and QuiverSKU: D1499_JOSioux bow and quiver with beaded bands on top and bottom on both bow and quiver case. Bow 46" of bodack with original sinew string and three 24" matching arrows, two having 2 1/2" original steel points, one game and one war. One point missing. Bow and quiver case of brain tanned buffalo calf. ...
$15,000 - Crow QuirtSKU: D1482_JOCrow carved and tacked quirt. Beaver hide grip with hawk bells and pictorial drawings painted red, carved and tacked. Patina to spare. PERIOD: Mid 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Crow, Native AmericanSIZE: Handle 17" Braided Quirt 34"
$3,500 - Apache Bow and Quiver CaseSKU: D1475_JOApache bow and quiver case made of mountain lion hide. A little hair still remains. Vibrant paint. Bow is covered with rattlesnake skin and has four original arrows with 3" steel points. Ex. Forrest Fenn PERIOD: Mid 19th CenturyORIGIN: Southwest - Apache, Native AmericanSIZE: Bow 40" Quiver ...
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The Ostuw Collection
The Ostuw Collection contains over 100 antique Native American weapons including pipe tomahawks, war clubs, knives, bows, arrows, and rifle scabbards. Also featured are vintage hide shirts including a Hidatsa war shirt worn by Tom Hawk, a Blackfoot jacket belonging to Fine Bull, and a complete outfit belonging to “Lone Star” Dietz. In total, the collection features over 250 Native American artifacts.
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