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 […]
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 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. […]
This is an amazing catlinite pipe and bowl with wonderful aged patina. The barrel shaped pipe bowl has vertical groves with an opening at the top and the side for the stem. The catlinite stem fits into the barrel in a locked in way to secure the orientation of the matching holes. The stem has […]
This Northern Plains skull cracker is in very good condition. The head is well carved catlinite secured with a hide binder connecting the head to the haft. The haft is wood and is encased with rawhide, sewn up the side with hide strips. On top of this rawhide layer is a coil of hide wrapped […]
These beaded arm bands on hide have three colors of glass beads: white, red with white hearts and faceted deep purple. The beads are sewn on with sinew. They both have purple, silk ribbon attached with remnants of red and beige silk ribbon.
This is a rare object: a parfleche buffalo hide shaped into a sunshade hat. The hide has been cut in the center into eight equal triangles still attached to the body. The head goes into the hole with the long side in the front shielding the eyes from the sun. There is a hide strip […]
This is wonderful and early Ute beaded tail bag. The top 4 3/4″ is a bag, perhaps for fire lighting tools. The bottom 6 3/4″ is a decorative tail coming to a point. The front side is fully beaded with white, light blue, dark blue, pony bead blue, yellow and red with white hearts. The […]
Beaded hide quirt, possibly Crow, made of elk antler with a braided hide whip. The beadwork is done on black stroud, outlined in white with a border of red silk or fine cotton. The beadwork drop is inserted through a hole at the end of the horn. The wide end of the horn has a […]
