Indian beadwork is one of the
most beautiful of the North American Indian adornments, and deserves a special
place in any great Native American art collection where it serves as a reminder
of peoples past and the people today. Of all of the wonderful things in
our River Trading Post collection, Indian beadwork stands out among the finest
of all. Also be sure to see our collection of quillwork
Eastern Sioux Man's vest out of black velvet
cloth and inside silk print. Front side spot stitched in seed beeds.
ca 1890-1910
$1850
#4554
Chippewa
Medium
Chippewa man's cloth shirt with brown velvet
panels on back shoulder, cuff and front chest area. Circa 1890-1920.
Some ribbon loss.
$3200
#1256S
Santee
Medium to Large
Man
Antique Santee pictorial
medicine vest with geometric designs, including pipes, dragonflies and
flowers. Neck is trimmed with green paint and bottom is trimmed with
green, red and gold paint. From 1890 to 1910.
$2400
#1702F
Sioux
17" x
16.5"
Sioux boy's
beaded vest circa 1890. Beautiful beadwork on white field.
Great condition.
$4000
Sold
#4588
Non Native
Medium
"Order of the Red Man" dress from 1920 -
1930. Heavy muslin with commercial hide fringes and stitched in seed
and trade beads. Possibly a photo prop, or maybe an East Coast party
dress.
$395.
#1716F
Cheyenne
36" x
47"
Very fine ladies
Cheyenne beaded buckskin dress from around 1960.
$2000
Sold
#1900
Sioux
50" length
Sioux beaded
hide dress. Sinew sewn on hide with geometric design in red, green,
white and shades of blue. slight bead loss. This dress was
built in stages. One half is old, the other new
$3500
#1159
Apache
14 1/4" x
4"
Contemporary T-Neckpiece used for the "Puberty Ceremony" when an Apache girl becomes a young woman. Spirit Mountain Dancer beaded into the piece.
$800
#1069
Cheyenne
30" & 31
1/4"
These antique
Cheyenne beaded legging panels are a classic example of the fabulous
beadwork accomplished by these people.
$375
Sold
#410S
Chippewa
72" x
4"
Rare 1870's
Chippewa sash with intricate multi-colored beadwork and long trade yarn
fringes.
$1700
#1157s
Sioux
Arm pieces - 13
1/4" x 1 1/2"
Leg pieces
13" x 2 1/2"
Wrist cuffs
141/4" x 7"
This Oglala Sioux
buckskin dance ensemble was made by Joe Walking Bear in the 1930's.
$550
Sold
#1162
Northern
Paiute-Washoe
29 1/2" dia.
Beautifully beaded collar made of yellow, orange, red, light blue and dark blue glass beads. It is tied with a leather tie in back. It is worn over a leather deerskin dress during powwows or special ceremonies. A beaded hairclip is included.
Never worn. Created around 1990.
$500
#620
Menominee
33" x 1.25"
Menominee child's loom beaded pictoral belt
with stylized flower and bird design.
$650
#794
Warm Springs
Reservation
34 1/2"
Fancy beaded
dance belt from the Warm Springs Reservation. Ca. 1950, we
believe. A Stunner.
$470
#1163
Shoshone-Bannock
23"L x
5" high in front
Beautifully beaded on leather all around to back with roses. Circa 1990's.
Created by Ramona Walema in Fort Hall, Idaho.
$400
#1741F
Plateau
5 1/2" x
6"
Turn of century
Plateau beaded cuffs. Beads of purple, gold, white, orange and
green. Blue beads on fringe. Boardered by purple satin.
Some sequin loss.
$275
Sold
#1701F
Cheyenne
11"
Ladies Cheyenne beaded leggings circa
1890. Very fine condition.
Nice, simple
beadwork on early 20th century moccasins (complete with a hole in the sole.)
Beadwork is intact.
$300
#900
Plateau Nations
9" length
Plateau beaded
moccasins. Hard sole hide moccasins with flower design.
$300
#3306F
Sioux
10.75"
Fully beaded Sioux moccasins circa 1880 -
1910.
$1000
Sold
#1366s
Apache
8.5"
Apache boy's
cactus kicker moccasins from around 1900.
$1200
Sold
#907f
Arickara
11" length
Arickara
moccasins. Beaded strip on buffalo hide with cross and box
design. Blue, white green and mustard yellow.
$1600
#618f
Blackfeet
9 1/2"
length
Mens beaded
moccasins circa 1885 - 1890 of buffalo hide.
$1535
#2851F
Iroquois
10"
20th century
Iroquois beaded moccasins. Beaded on cloth in stylized flower and
leaf design.
$600
Sold
#1174
Great Lakes
Region
10"
length
These old
moccasins are from the 1940's, and are well worn. They are made of
leather with beaver or other fur cuffs. A few beads are missing
along the edges of both moccasins. They are priced accordingly.
$200
#1539f
Kiowa Apache
9 1/2"
Man's beaded
moccasins, sinew sewn on hide with geometric designs of red, blue, green
and dark blue. Late 19th, early 20th century
$2400
#1510
Ute
6 1/4"
length
Contemporary
(1970's) child's moccasins.
$100
#1447
Ute
8.5" length
Fully beaded
contemporary woman's or child's moccasins.
$550
#1083s
Sioux
9 1/2"
Sinew sewn on
hide with hard sole in colors of green, red, gold, blue and white.
$700
Sold
#1084
Menominee
9
1/2"
Menominee soft
sole beaded moccasins trimmed with red yarn and beaded with stylized
flowers in blue, pink, red and clear. Beadwork excellent.
Minor flaws in yarn trim.
$690
#1085
Nez Perce
10"
Nez perce hide
moccasins with beaded stylized flower design on tops in red, green, blue,
pink and white. Overall condition is fine except for felt trim
around the bottom which is worn.
$450
#1086
Cheyenne
9 1/2"
Partly beaded
Cheyenn Moccasins. Sinew sewn on hide in colors of red, yellow,
green and blue.
$500
Sold
#1099s
Arapaho
11"
Arapaho man's
beaded moccasins. Sinew sewn on buffalo hide, rubbed with yellow
ocher and beaded in yellow, green, blue, red and white.
Recent Chumash pipe bag of brain tanned hide. Old glass beads in red,
light blue, dark blue and mustard.
$2100
#4498f
Crow
40.5" x 5.5"
Contemporary Crow pipe bag traded to Santo Domingo Pueblo Dancer.
$400
Sold
#3636S
Blackfoot
9.5" x 4.25"
Blackfoot tobacco tail bag circa 1880. Brain tanned hide, red wool
trade cloth and brass hawk bells at bottom.
Blue and white glass trade beads, with brass bead accents.
$1935
#2846S
Sioux
30" x
6"
From about 1890, this features beaded strips
on each side Red ticking down the side and two rows of white tube
beads above the leather fringe.
$2500
Sold
#2845F
Ojibwa
31" x 6"
Beautiful Ojibwa beaded pipe bag. Beaded on both sides with flower
and leaf design in red, pink, green, yellow, orange, gold and blues on a
white background.
Front panel inscribed "Otaka September 18".
Early 20th century.
$4310
#1255
Blackfeet
22 1/2"
Beautifully
beaded 1870's Blackfeet pipe bag. Moose hide.
Beaded on one side.
$2400
#1704F
Sioux
17"
A good Sioux
beaded pipe bag with quill work and fringe from the late 19th
century. Different geometric design on each side. Quill work
is well worn, missing.
$3200
Sold
#1705F
Sioux
20.5"
Beautiful Sioux beaded pipe bag with yellow
ochre. Circa 1900.
$3000
Sold
#1706F
Great Lakes Region
21"
Great lakes beaded tobacco bag circa
1915. Very fine condition. Beads of orange, white, gold, red
and green. Maple leaf design, different on each side.
Blackfeet buckskin rifle case by Jackie
Parsons. Beaded on both sides.
$2000
#4174
Cheyenne
4" x 11"
Great beadwork in this framed, turn of
century knife sheath.
$450
Sold
#1537s
Sioux
Approx 3" x
8 1/2"
Antique Sioux 3
sided beaded hide bag, beaded with cross and line design in colors of red,
light green, dark green, light blue, dark blue, white, yellow and black.
$900
Sold
#4499f
Sioux
6" x 4.25"
Nice beadwork on this contemporary
striker bag.
$200
Sold
#1630
Cree
9 1/2" c 6
1/4"
Circa 1900,
brain tanned hide, thread sewn tobacco bag. Same floral motif on both
sides. Inner backing of beadwork is old pattern material.
$1400
#1535s
Nez Perce
5 1/2" x 3
3/4"
Nez Perce
contour beaded ration card bag. Stylized flower design in red, light
blue, dark blue, gold, light green, dark green, white, black and
pink. Late 19th century.
$900
Sold
#1164
Paiute-Moddock
11 3/4" x
9"
Contemporary beaded bag on white leather. One side is beaded and it is lined with blue fabric. Never used. Created in
1991 by Catherine Walker, Paiute.
$400
#1172
Cayuga
4" x 4"
Purse of cloth and dark blue velvet. Has a raised beadwork flower using white and pink beads and white sequins.
This literally shimmers. Created by Lorna-Jamieson- Thomas-Hill; Cayuga Band-Wolf Clan.
$110
#1173
Nez Perce
41/2" x
4"
Made of leather beaded on front using very tine blue, dark red, red, dark green, green and yellow glass beads. It has a snap flap opening and is lined with floral fabric.
From the '30s or '40s.
$600
#1181
Iroquois
5 1/2" x
4"
This Iroquois souvenir or whimsy purse is made of cloth and light tan velvet which has darkened over time. A few small spots are on the purse, not very noticeable. It is beaded on all four sides and top with looped beaded fringe at the bottom. From 1900-1910.
$500
Sold
#1446
Ute
7.5" x
4.5"
Beaded pocketbook with zipper closure.
Fully beaded around and on both sides.
$275
#1183
Sioux
6" x 4"
1940's drawstring beaded purse of soft leather with two different designs and long beaded fringe.
$500
#2852f
Apache
3.5" x
3.25"
Circa 1890, this hide bag bears different
designs on each side. Some slight bead loss, but a classic piece.
$645
Sold
#908s
Crow
8 1/4" x 5
1/2"
Antique Crow
woman's work bag. Beaded on buffalo hide with cross, triangles and
band design. In red, blue, and pink. Tin cones and green wool
suspension.
$1995
Sold
#909s
Comanche
6 1/4" x
4"
Comanche
strike-a-lite bag. Created on boot leather with beaded tee pee and
diamond design. Silver button on the flat. Blue, white, green,
silver, red and mustard yellow.
$1775
Sold
#893
Cree
11" x 6
1/2"
Cree tobacco
bag. Beaded on both sides with geometric design and
"Maurice" on one side; sylized flower on other. Pre WW II.
$1500
#1087
Sioux
9 1/4" x 6
3/4"
Eastern Sioux
oval beaded buckskin bag with a geometric design on one side and crosses
on the reverse. In colors of blue and pink.
$735
Sold
#1088
Chippewa
9" x 5
1/2"
Chippewa woman's
tobacco bag. Beaded buckskin with finge on sides and bottom.
Beaded with stylized flower design on a clear background. (Some very
minor bead loss.)
$690
#1089s
Apache
9" x
5"
Apache beaded
and fringe hide bag. Yellow ocher buckskin with fringe on sides and
bottom. Beaded in pink, black, blue and white.
$820
Sold
#1091
Apache
6" x 3
3/4"
Apache buckskin
bag with beaded fringe on sides and bottom. Front of bag is beaded
in ring design in green, gold, pink, blue and clear. Yellow and blue
fringe.
$600
Sold
#1095
Athabaskan
7 1/2" x 4
7/8"
Athabaskan
finely beaded bag. Stylized flower beaded on black cloth with woven
pull ties. Beads in pink, silver, red, blue, green and brown.
$950
#1096
Nez Perce
12 1/2" x 9
1/2"
Nez Perce
woman's flat bag fully beaded on one side with stylized flower
design. Colors of red, green, black, blue and gold on a frosty white
background. Beadwork is in excellent shape, through the old cloth
shows frays along the edges.
$900
Sold
#1097
Plateau
4 1/4" x 4
1/2"
Plateau beaded
belt pouch with fully beaded top flap. stylized flower in blue,
yellow, red and green on a white background.
$700
#894s
Nez Perce
6" x 5
1/2"
Nez Perce belt
pouch. Fully beaded top flap with an eight pointed star and cross
inside. Red, pink, white, gold and blue.
$1500
Sold
#1101f
Blackfeet
14" x
7"
Blackfeet
tobacco bag. Hide bag with beaded geometric design in red, white,
green, yellow and blue.
$775
Sold
#1100f
Sioux
9" x
6"
Sioux beaded
tobacco bag. Beaded on hide and cloth. Stylized flower in red,
pink, white, green on a blue background.
