Buffalo Stick, Plains or Pueblo, Late 19th Century

This is an intriguing buffalo stick. Measuring 17″ long and made of wood, it’s a staff with a buffalo head at the top. The head end, as well as the hump, appear to be a small burl due to how the wood grain is wavy and circular. The head has ears and horns made of […]

Large Cheyenne Umbilical Fetish

This large, beaded Cheyenne umbilical fetish is likely a turtle, but that correct answer can only come from its maker. The earlier, glass beads (whie, dark blue, light blue, greasy yellow, red with white hears and pink) are lazy stitched onto a buffalo hide. The pouch is stuffed with sweetgrass and buffalo hair. There is […]