Here is an early and rare Plains Indian quiver for arrows. The hide could be young or baby buffalo, but is not yet determined. The supple hide is minimally decorated with opaque blue and white pony beads. The bag has one seam clearly visible on one side that terminates with the cross portion of lower […]
This early pair of beaded strips is an exceptional example of Plains Indian Classic Period materials and design. The minimalist design uses just two colors: clear white and translucent deep blue. The beads are attached to brain-tanned buffalo hide using an appliqué stitch with a two-thread technique, laid down with sinew and anchored with thread. […]
This is a great pairing of an Apache bow case and quiver assembled with a shoulder strap. The bow case is decorated with yellow and green paint and holds a beautiful, sinew backed, recurved, bow. The quiver is decorated with a beaded hide panel also with blue and green beads along with yellow paint. The […]
This colorful, Crow bag on buffalo hide was likely used to hold a mirror or some other small, utility item. The bag is beaded on the front and the inside of the flap. The front geometrical design shows the mirror image of two triangles, bordered with blue, side diamonds with a white border around the […]
This is a great lance in wonderful condition. The haft is made out of sotol wood. Western Apache and other regional groups used the flowering stalks of the sotol plant (Dasylirion wheeleri)—often colloquially misidentified as a cactus or grouped with yucca-like succulents—to construct lightweight lance shafts. This haft is very smooth, yet bumpy in form […]
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 a rare and beautiful example of a Comanche or Kiowa child’s bow with three arrows. The wood is Osage Orange, or Bodark, and has the great color and patina of warm honey. The feathers on the arrows are turkey. Use is evident in the darker color towards the center where the hands would […]
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 […]
This is beautiful and unusual parfleche container. The single piece of hide is folded in half and stitched up the long side with hide over a red cloth, likely cotton. Much of this cloth is gone, as is the hide stitching, but enough remains to make it clear how this edge was sealed. The top […]
