This is a great and early Northwest Coast octopus bag. The bag is made mostly of blue stroud cloth (wool) and red stroud cloth (wool) used for the design elements. The bag is trimmed in white, pony beads around all of its edges. The ends of the 5 legs have larger cobalt, faceted glass beads […]
This is a great and atypical beaded Plains Indian Doctor’s bag, likely Blackfoot. It is fully beaded on all sides, including the bottom. It’s atypical due to its size (18″ long) and the white beaded background with teepees of unusual shapes and colors. The bag is in very good condition, the insides with no tears […]
This is the most charming, small, beaded bag. Deep blue make up the background color. Design elements are added with: white, greasy yellow, light blue, red with white hears, and translucent red beads. Besides the hide fringe, there are four bead drops, two from the top corners and two from the bottom corners. The drops […]
This is an early and rare example of a child’s beaded robe. The beauty of this robe comes from its understated simplicity. The isolated beaded strip has much power, sitting alone on a hide only colored with yellow ochre. The tapering at each end of the beaded strip gives it all the more power as […]
Is Christmas right around the corner?! These Northern Plains set of earrings have all the dentalium shell painted with a green mineral paint. At the bottom are two red with white heart glass beads, all making for a Christmassy look. The dentalium are spaced apart with small, cut pieces of commercial hide. The small shells […]
The top of the horn cup is wrapped in thick hide (3 3/4″ wide), looking and feeling like buffalo. The hide is fringed at the top with a row of light blue beads, followed by two rows of yellow beads. The design has a geometric layout in white, green deep blue and red with white […]
This is an early and beautiful knife sheath with knife. The simplicity of the design and limited color palette make this a special find. The black and white beads create the face of the sheath, all on boot leather, or commercial hide. The sheath is lined with blue and greasy yellow along the fringed edge. […]
This is a rare find, a pony beaded choker or headband on buffalo hide. Large white and blue beads make alternating bands across the length of the front half. The beads are all sewn on with sinew. The back half is un-beaded hide for tying. The beads and hide show nice wear, and some limited, […]
This pipe bag is likely Arapahoe and dates to around 1870 with very small beads. The hide appears to be young buffalo or elk. The workmanship is excellent as are the designs and strong use of color. The top has four, small tabs and the whole rim is beaded as are the edges of the […]
This is a beautiful and interesting tee pee bag, The designs on the front are unusual for these types of bags. One central, diamond is attached at all corners to elongated triangles, all with multiple colors. Two of the triangles are outlined in white beads, and two are outlined with red with white heart beads. […]
