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Native American Native American Objects

NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE

Native American broadly describes any Indigenous people in North America and encompasses hundreds of tribes and groups, all with distinct cultures. Native American–style furniture and decor likewise varies widely, from pieces created by Indigenous people to those appropriated by non-native designers.

Indigenous furniture’s rich heritage includes the bentwood boxes of the Northwest Coast carved from cedar for storing household or ceremonial objects. Generations of Native American people have made baskets for holding household items, with those in the Northeast using sweetgrass and those in the Southeast using pine needles and wicker. Artisans in the Plateau region wove watertight pieces like cradles from plant materials. Although these objects were intricately made, they were usually utilitarian rather than decorative.

The colonization of North America and the removal of Indigenous people from their lands led to the suppression of these practices. Many styles that used Native American motifs — such as Southwestern style, which was heavily influenced by the geometric patterns of Navajo textiles — have historically not involved Indigenous creators and, instead, have taken their traditions without their tribal context.

When decorating a home with Native American–style furniture, it is important to do so respectfully, by understanding the origins of motifs and objects and examining who profits from their sale. There are now Indigenous-led companies, such as Cherokee designer Cray Bauxmont-Flynn’s Amatoya and Totem House Design, promoting Indigenous work in furniture and home decor. Supporting Indigenous artists and artisans is essential to confronting the still pervasive issue of cultural appropriation in design.

Find a collection of Native American living room furniture, folk art, rugs and carpets, decorative objects and other items on 1stDibs.

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Style: Native American
Pueblo Indian Cottonwood Trunk Drum
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Pueblo Indian cottonwood trunk drum - it's old. Pueblo drum made from a hollowed out cottonwood trunk, old milk paint, - this one's been us...
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19th Century American Antique Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wood

Papago Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large monumental handled Popago basket featuring nine eagles. Period: Mid-20th century. Origin: Papago, Southwest. Size: 12" x 20". Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s Gallery deals ...
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Mid-20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Other

Yokut Figurative Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Yokut figurative basket, very fine and tight with much Native use. Period: 19th century Origin: Yokut Size: 15 1/2" x 7". Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rar...
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19th Century American Antique Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Other

Pair of German Town Indian Weaving Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These are two different patterns weaving pillows both will black linen pillows. Sold as a group of two pillows. One pillow is 16 x 16 , the larger fringe pillow is 16 x 17.
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Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wool

Maidu Basketry Gambling Cup
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Maidu basketry gambling cup. Finely woven with stair step geometric design and humaoid figures. Period: Last quater of the 19th century Origin: California Size: 4 1/2" x 5". Fami...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Reed

Lillooet Lidded Storage Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Lillooet lidded storage basket with polychrome imbricated design. Pedestal style. Traded for food in Washington, 5 miles from the Canadian border...
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Early 1900s American Antique Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Other

Duckweed Green Creel
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native center opening creel made of split willow. We assume sold to a fisherman, he painted. Measures: 9" x 13" x 8" H. Period: 19th century Origin: Northeast Size: 9" x 13" x 8" ...
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Early 19th Century American Antique Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Willow

Panamint Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Finely woven polychrome Panamint. With original collection tags. Albert Davis collection, Supt. Skidoo Mines, 1870-1890. Period: Last quarter of the 19th century. Origin: Nevada S...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Other

Polychrome Yokut Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Very tightly woven polychrome Yokut. Golden patina. Period: 19th century Origin: Yokut Size: 9" H x 17" W. Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare, exceptional,...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Other

Pit River Globular Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large Pit River globular basket. Period: circa 1900. Origin: California Size: 6" x 9". Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare, excepti...
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1910s American Vintage Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Other

Quilled Sioux Native Authentic Child's Dress
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Lakota Sioux child's dress quilled on buffalo hide; collected and entered into the Maryland Academy of Art and Science prior to 1880. It was deaccessioned...
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1860s American Antique Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Other

Zuni Inlay Large Knife Dancer Bolo, Vintage
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautiful handcrafted Zuni Bolo tie. Natural stones set in sterling. No mark is seen, circa 1940s. Black leather tie is included with sterling tips. This ...
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Mid-20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Sterling Silver

Sioux Three-Piece Pipe with Man Effigy
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pawnee/Sioux man figure pipe, with three-piece hand-carved spooled Catlinite stem; over 36". Important museum/ investment quality. Period: First half of the 19th century Origin: Pa...
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Early 19th Century Antique Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Other

Mexican Indian Weaving Geometric Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mexican Indian weaving pillow with a brown cotton linen backing. These wonderful handwoven pillows are available as one or a pair. The inserts are down and feather fill.
Category

1930s American Vintage Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wool

Pair of Navajo Indian Striped Saddle Blanket Weaving Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a vibrant yet simple striped pattern Indian weaving saddle blanket pillows. Sold as a pair. Great condition.
Category

1930s American Vintage Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Cotton, Linen, Wool

Pair of Navajo Saddle Blanket Bolster Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These saddle blanket weaving's have red stars pattern in the end corner of each pillow. There are two pairs in inventory. The backing is in a black cotton linen. Condition is very go...
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1930s American Vintage Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wool

Navajo Indian Weaving Streak of Lighting Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pair of Navajo saddle blanket pillows are in good condition and have black cotton linen backings.
Category

1940s American Vintage Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wool

Silver Plated Indian Beaded Coin Purse by "Bostonia Company, " circa 1903
Located in Incline Village, NV
Rare and difficult to find Native American beaded coin purse, with an image of an Indian chief in full regalia, with a headdress and frontal Indian d...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Silver Plate

Vibrant Double T's Navajo Indian Weaving Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a real good and very unusual double T's Navajo Indian weaving pillow. The vibrant cherry red and brown weaving is in wonderful condition. The backing is in a chocolate brown ...
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Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wool

Yeibechei Navajo Indian Weaving Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This weaving is in great condition and has a dark brown cotton linen. This weaving is in suddle colors. This item is 28" x 24" x 8".  
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Mid-20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wool

Pair of Mustard and Brown Navajo Indian Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Navajo Indian weaving bolster pillows. The backing is in cotton linen and down and feather filled.
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Mid-20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wool

Pair of Geometric Navajo Indian Weaving Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This wonderful pair of Navajo weaving pillows have a zig zag border through out the pattern of the pillow. The backing is in black cotton linen.Two pairs available in stock.
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Mid-20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wool

Set of Five Miniature Navajo Weaving Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These miniature Navajo Indian weaving pillows. There are two matching pairs and one odd pattern single. Dimensions are from left to right: 10.5" x 9.5" 10" x 9" 10" x 9" 10" x...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wool

Navajo Indian Weaving Streak of Lighting Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These fantastic and detailed weaving pillows are in great as found condition. We are selling them in pairs at 950 a pair. The backings are in brown and tan cotton linen.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wool

Silver Plated Indian Beaded Coin Purse by "Bostonia Company", circa 1903
Located in Incline Village, NV
A particularly fine quality rare and difficult to find Native American silver plated beaded coin purse, with an image of an Indian chief. The beading...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Silver Plate

Mexican Indian Tree of Life Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pillow was constructed from a Navajo Tree of Life weaving from the Cedar Ridge area in the northern part of the Navajo Nation and dates to the 1940s. Pictured in this weaving ar...
Category

1940s American Vintage Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Down, Linen, Wool

Geometric Eye Dazzler Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large eye dazzler bolster pillow has a black cotton linen backing. This brown and grey with black trim eye dazzler is in good condition.
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wool

19thc Tight Weave North West Coast Indian Basket
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic neat little basket with the original lid and in pristine condition. It is a 19thc Northwest coast American Indian basket.
Category

1890s American Antique Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hemp

Early 20th Century Pacific Northwest Coast Carved Cedar TOTEM Pole
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Pacific Northwest Coast carved cedar Totem Pole, circa 1920s, a hand carved cedar pole featuring a man in conical hat ("watchman figure...
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Early 20th Century Canadian Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Cedar

1890s Plateau Cornhusk Bag with Blue, Red, and Yellow Geometric Designs
Located in Denver, CO
1890s Plateau cornhusk bag made of natural fibers and Germantown yarns, measures 16 ½ x 13 inches. Stylized stars in blue, red, yellow, and black. Geometr...
Category

19th Century American Antique Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Yarn, Natural Fiber

Pacific Northwest Coast Carved and Polychromed Wooden Mask, Early 20th Century
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Pacific Northwest Coast Carved and Polychromed Wooden Mask, almost certainly Yup'ik, early 20th Century, an oval wooden face with reces...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wood

Yup'ik Museum Replica Clay Mask of a Lunar Spirit, Early 20th Century
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Yup'ik Museum replica clay mask of a Lunar Tunghak Spirit, from Southwestern Alaska, early 20th Century, an oval clay mask that appears to have ...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Clay

Inuit Native American Eskimo Stone Carved Walrus Sculpture with Tusks
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful soapstone carving of a walrus with tusks by the indigenous Inuit people who inhabit parts of the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska. Some markings to the ...
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Soapstone

Pair of Geometric Navajo Weaving Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pair of Navajo weaving bolsters are in really good condition and the weaving's have lazy lines. These wonderful pillows have black cotton linen backings and down and feather fil...
Category

1920s American Vintage Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wool

Monumental Pre-Contact Pestle
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Monumental Pestle. Region / Tribe: Central California / attributed to the Pomo. Circa: Early - pre-contact. Material: Dense hard stone. Dimension: L. 28 ½” x H. in middle 3 ½”....
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15th Century and Earlier American Antique Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Stone

Small Navajo Weaving Eye Dazzler Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a fantastic little weaving pillow with a dark brown linen backing. This little geometric weaving was probably made for a child. The condition is very good.
Category

1920s American Vintage Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Wool

Native American native american objects for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Native American native american objects for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage native american objects created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Native American native american objects made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Canada pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original native american objects, popular names associated with this style include Native American Art, Navajo, Sioux Indian Art, and Plateau Indians. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for native american objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $90 and tops out at $85,000 while the average work can sell for $3,250.

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