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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
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Bandolier
Bags |
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#3303F |
Ojibwa |
20" x 13" |
An Ojibwa beaded bag circa 1880 - 1900 with
exceptionally fine beadwork. Possibly a bandolier bag at one point
(though there is no shoulder strap) |
$4000 |
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#1711F |
Chippewa |
12.5" x
39" |
Late 19th
century Chippewa beaded bandolier bag. Fine condition. |
$3490 |
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1712F |
Chippewa |
13.5" x
39" |
A very fine
Chippewa beaded bandolier bag from around 1880. Absolutely
beautiful. |
$7500 |
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Plains Indian
Vests, Dresses, Ceremonial Wear |
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#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 |
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#1702F |
Sioux |
17" x
16.5" |
Sioux boy's
beaded vest circa 1890. Beautiful beadwork on white field.
Great condition. |
$4000 |
Sold
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#1716F |
Cheyenne |
36" x
47" |
Very fine ladies
Cheyenne beaded buckskin dress from around 1960. |
$2000
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Sold
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#2997F |
Blackfeet |
47" length |
Blackfeet woman's dance dress from the
1930's. Corduroy, decorated with silk ribbon, German beads from the
period and shells. |
$575 |
Sold |
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#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 |
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#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 |
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#1713 |
Great Lakes
Region |
Various from
27.5" to 33" |
A collection of
four loom beaded strips from 1890 to 1910 |
$500 |
Sold
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#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
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Sold
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#410S |
Chippewa |
72" x
4" |
Rare 1870's
Chippewa sash with intricate multi-colored beadwork and long trade yarn
fringes. |
$1700 |
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#1156s |
Kiowa |
Left: 5" x 1
1/4"
Middle: 4 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Right:
4 1/2" x 1 1/4" |
A Muskagee Creek
Kiowa Woman's Dance Ensemble circa 1950's. Each bag opens with a top
flap. |
$400 |
Sold
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#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
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Sold
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#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 |
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#620 |
Monominee |
33" x 1.25" |
Menominee child's loom beaded pictoral belt
with stylized flower and bird design. |
$650 |
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#794 |
Warm Springs
Reservation |
34 1/2" |
Fancy beaded
dance belt from the Warm Springs Reservation. Ca. 1950, we
believe. A Stunner. |
$470 |
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#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 |
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Gauntlets, Cuffs and Leggings |
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#1538 |
Crow |
Approx 6
1/2" x 15" |
Late 19th
century women's leggings, beaded on hide with red and blue trade cloth top
in bands of yellow, dark blue, light blue, red and white. |
$2000 |
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#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 |
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#1700F |
Plateau |
13" |
Early 20th
century beaded Plateau gauntlets with floral design of black, white, red
and orange beadwork. |
$275 |
Sold |
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#2992 |
Nez Perce |
11.5" |
Early 20th centurn Nez Perce gauntlets with
floral design. |
$250 |
Sold |
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#1701F |
Cheyenne |
11" |
Ladies Cheyenne beaded leggings circa
1890. Very fine condition. |
$1400
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Sold
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Plains Indian Moccasins |
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#900 |
Plateau Nations |
9" length |
Plateau beaded
moccasins. Hard sole hide moccasins with flower design. |
$300 |
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#JW21 |
Menominee |
10" length |
Menominee
woman's moccasins made of native tanned deer hide. Circa 1920.
Excellent condition. |
$550 |
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#1555 |
Sioux |
9 1/2"
length |
Sioux beaded
moccasins. Sinew sewn on hide with cross design in colors of pink,
blue, white and green. Late 1800's. |
$550 |
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#3305F |
Sioux |
11.25" length |
Beaded Sioux moccasins from 1890 - 1910 with
cross design. |
$600 |
Sold
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#3306F |
Sioux |
10.75" |
Fully beaded Sioux moccasins circa 1880 -
1910. |
$1000 |
Sold
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#3307F |
Nez Perce |
10.5" |
Beautifully beaded floral pattern in these
late 19th century moccasins. |
$750 |
Sold
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#899 |
Santee Sioux |
9 1/2"
length |
Santee Sioux
moccasins. sinew sewn on hide with stylized flower design. |
$400 |
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#1692F |
Sioux |
10.5" |
Brain-tanned
hide moccasins, sinew-sewn beadwork in red, yellow, green and white
against a light blue background. Excellent condition. |
$800
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Sold
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#1366s |
Apache |
8.5" |
Apache boy's
cactus kicker moccasins from around 1900. |
$1200 |
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#907s |
Arickara |
11" length |
Arickara
moccasins. Beaded strip on buffalo hide with cross and box
design. Blue, white green and mustard yellow. |
$1600 |
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#618S |
Blackfeet |
9 1/2"
length
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Mens beaded
moccasins circa 1885 - 1890 of buffalo hide. |
$1535 |
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#2847s |
Cheyenne |
11" |
Early 20th
century. Sinew sewn on hide with geometric design in red, green,
blue and white. Some small holes at back. |
$400 |
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#2851F |
Iroquois |
10" |
20th century
Iroquois beaded moccasins. Beaded on cloth in stylized flower and
leaf design. |
$600 |
Sold |
 
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#1557 |
Iroquois |
10" |
19th century
Iroquois Beaded moccasins in frame. Insert card reads "These
moccasins were a gift from an Indian squaw in Iowa seveity (sic) five
years ago. |
$400 |
Sold
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#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 |
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#1539 |
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 |
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#1510 |
Ute |
6 1/4"
length |
Contemporary
(1970's) child's moccasins. |
$100 |
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#1447 |
Ute |
8.5" length |
Fully beaded
contemporary woman's or child's moccasins. |
$550 |
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#892 |
Cheyenne |
10" length |
Cheyenne beaded
moccasins. Sinew sewn on hide with key hole design in yellow, blue,
red and white. |
$400
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Sold
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#1631 |
Sioux |
9 1/2" |
1880's Sioux
moccasins of brain tanned elk skin, all sinew sewn. Perimeter
beading is thread sewn. Some bead loss. |
$450 |
Sold
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#1083s |
Sioux |
9 1/2" |
Sinew sewn on
hide with hard sole in colors of green, red, gold, blue and white. |
$700
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Sold
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#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 |
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#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 |
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#1086 |
Cheyenne |
9 1/2" |
Partly beaded
Cheyenn Moccasins. Sinew sewn on hide in colors of red, yellow,
green and blue. |
$500
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Sold
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#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. |
$1800 |
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Plains Indian Tobacco Bags |
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#3971 |
Chumash |
20" x 6" |
Recent Chumash pipe bag of brain tanned hide. Old glass beads in red,
light blue, dark blue and mustard. |
$2100 |
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#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 |
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#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 |
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#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 |
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#1255 |
Blackfeet |
22 1/2" |
Beautifully
beaded 1870's Blackfeet pipe bag. Moose hide.
Beaded on one side. |
$2400 |
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#1355 |
Cheyenne |
28" |
From around 1875,
this Cheyenne woman's pipe bag was made from a possible bag, covered with
yellow ochre and traditional bar designs. Some long ago repairs made
to the piece. |
$2000
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Sold |
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#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 |
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#1705F |
Sioux |
20.5" |
Beautiful Sioux beaded pipe bag with yellow
ochre. Circa 1900. |
$3000
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Sold
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#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. |
$1800 |
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Plains Indian Beaded Bags |
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#1708F |
Ute |
4.3" x 3" |
Turn of century Ute beaded pouch with beads
of mustard, light blue, dark blue, white, green and orange.
Different design on each side. |
$200 |
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#1709F |
Apache |
4" x 5" |
Great little beaded pouch from around 1910 |
$250
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Sold
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#4174 |
Cheyenne |
4" x 11" |
Great beadwork in this framed, turn of
century knife sheath. |
$450 |
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#3304F |
Sioux |
10" x 3" |
Beautifully beaded knife sheath dating from
1880 - 1900 |
$450 |
Sold
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#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 |
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#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 |
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#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
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Sold
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#2417S |
Sioux |
7" x
10" |
Beautifully
beaded early 20th century hand bag. Sinew sewn on hide with
geometric design in gold, blue, red and green on a white background. |
$1000
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Sold
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#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 |
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#1165 |
Nez Perce |
11 3/4" x 10 1/4" |
1940's purse beaded on leather with two different designs. Flowers on one side and a geometric design on the other. The leather handles are 16" long. Excellent condition. |
$600
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Sold
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#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 |
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#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 |
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#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 |
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#1446 |
Ute |
7.5" x
4.5" |
Beaded pocketbook with zipper closure.
Fully beaded around and on both sides. |
$275 |
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#1183 |
Sioux |
6" x 4" |
1940's drawstring beaded purse of soft leather with two different designs and long beaded fringe. |
$500 |
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#2852s |
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 |
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#2853 |
Woodland |
10.75" x
8" |
Hide bag with fringe, beaded on both sides in
flower, leaf and horse shoe design. C. 1920 - 1930. |
$300 |
Sold |
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#2849F |
Apache |
6.5" x
5" |
Apache beaded buffalo effigy bag. Beads
of black, red, white and green on one side. With tin cones. C
1900. |
$1500 |
Sold |
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#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
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Sold
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#909s |
Comanche
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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
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#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 |
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#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
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Sold
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#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 |
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#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 |
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#1090s |
Menominee |
8 1/4" x 7
1/2" |
Menominee hide
beaded puzzle bag. Beaded with stylized decoration with fringe on
sides and bottom. Also has beaded handle. |
$600
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Sold
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#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 |
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#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 |
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