Pueblo Cross Necklace with Russian, Faceted, Cobalt Glass Beads

This charming and colorful Pueblo cross necklace has 8 small silver crosses and one large, dragon fly style cross ending with a heart. The whole assembly is strung onto a hemp cord string. The crosses are spaced on either side with large, pony beads then followed by small, Russian, faceted cobalt glass beads. The very […]

Sioux Beaded Knife Sheath

The is a very nice early reservation period knife sheath. It is beaded only on one side and has two hide drops at the tip partially wrapped in quill work with a single tin cone on one end. The beads are white, dark blue and deep red with white hearts. There was a row, place […]

An Early California Pony Beaded Strip

This is a beautiful accessory, possibly a belt, woven of blue and white pony beads on a sinew matrix. Both ends are capped with beige silk which is well worn. The design is broken into two parts, roughly equal in size. The first part starts with a randomly place group of beads about 1/2″ long. […]

Plains Glass Beaded Hide Necklace with Spiny Oyster Shell as Pendant

This is an early and wonderful Native necklace. The attribution is not known, as the original collector found items directly from the Natives in both Oklahoma and the Pueblos in the 1960s through the 1970s. The necklace is a string of mixed, large, glass beads with a spiny oyster shell as the final pendant. The […]

Blackfoot / Cree Beaded Mirror Bag, Northern Plains, Circa 1860

This simply stated mirror bag has a beaded panel in the front and a plain panel on the back. It is lined on each side with otter fur. The fringe has glass tubular beads at the top. Inside the bag is a wood board with a leaf cutout that was likely meant for the mirror. […]

Iroquois Doll, Circa 1860

This doll is an early example of a dressed, Native doll. It has full arms with hands and legs with booted feet that are carved from wood. The torso and head might be carved wood, or some other type of hard material – as yet to be determined. She is dressed with indigo blue stroud. […]

Southern Plains Child’s Toy Cradleboard

This is a sweet child’s toy crableboard from the last quarter of the 19th century. The hide, beaded with deep magenta glass beads, encloses a baby straddled in cloth. The hide is attached to two boards, covered in early patterned paper and yellow pigment. The back of one of the boards has written on it: […]

Plains Elk’s Teeth Necklace

This necklace is a wonderful assemblage of elk’s teeth and well worn glass beads.  Most of the beads are Russian blue faceted beads.  The alternating quality of the red with the blue beads is particularly attractive.  The beads show great wear to them.  There are a total of 15 elk’s teeth with the smallest 5/8″ […]