Antique Beaded Moccasins
Arapaho Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Arapaho beaded men’s moccasins of brain tanned deer skin with parfleche soles. Trunk piece, unused
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Early 20th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide, Beads
19th Century Sioux Beaded Moccasins
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux fully beaded moccasins. Red, white and blue with geometric stacked colors. Hard soles, cotton
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Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide, Beads
19th Century Sioux Beaded Moccasins
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux fully beaded moccasins. Red, yellow and blue on white background. Soft soled brain tanned
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Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide, Beads
Sioux Native Dragonfly Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux ceremonial moccasins with dragonflies. Fully beaded, including soles.
Period: circa 1880
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1880s American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Beads
Very Early Pair of Beaded Moccasins, Prairie "Woodlands", circa 1850
By Native American Art
Located in Denver, CO
A rare early pair of Classic Period (Pre-Reservation era) soft-soled moccasins. Constructed of
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19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
Antique Native American Beaded Moccasins, Sioux, circa 1900, Blue Buffalo Tracks
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
American Indian moccasins, expertly beaded by a member of the Sioux (Plains Indian) tribe. The dark
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Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Beads, Hide
H 4 in W 11 in D 3.5 in
Beaded Paiute Native American Indian Handmade Work of Art Moccasins
By Native American Art
Located in Tustin, CA
glass seed beads are sewn to the exterior of the native tanned hide. Beaded moccasins are in near
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Early 20th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Animal Skin, Beads
Authentic Native American Beaded Sioux Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Stunning Sioux moccasins, beaded, primarily in blue and white, with flag motif and horse hair tuffs
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1880s American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Beads
19th Century, Sioux Beaded High-Top Moccasins
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
This is an outstanding set of authentic original beaded hide high-top / high-top moccasins with
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Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide, Beads
19th Century, Southern Plains Beaded High-Top Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
moccasins dyed with yellow ochre. Adorned with a single beaded band above the sole, the leggings with two
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Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide, Beads
Moccasins, Antique 1880s Arapaho Native American Plains Indian, Hide with Beads
By Arapaho Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
This pair of 19th century antique moccasins date to circa 1880 and are constructed of native tanned
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Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide, Glass, Beads
H 4.25 in W 4 in D 10.75 in
1920s Vintage Moccasins - Hand Beaded Suede - Leather Outer - Native American
Located in KENT, GB
Product Details: Hand Beaded - Native American - Suede Moccasins - Leather Front Tie - Sheepskin
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1920s American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Native American Sioux Authentic Ceremonial Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux Ceremonial moccasins, with fully beaded soles.
Period: circa 1880
Origin: Sioux, Plains
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1880s American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Beads
Carl Kauba Bronze Figure of "Justitia" Seated Woman with Sword
By Carl Kauba
Located in Dallas, TX
, blankets, feathers, as well as beaded moccasins. Reportedly, Kauba came to America around 1886. Inspired by
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Early 1900s Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Bronze
H 10.7 in W 5 in D 4 in
Antique Sioux Moccasins 'Plains Indian' 1870s Buckskin, Quillwork & Beadwork
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
Pair of antique Native American moccasins dating to the late Classic Period (1650-1875). Hand
Category
19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Animal Skin, Hide, Glass, Beads
H 4.5 in W 4.25 in D 11.75 in
Study Aim
By Carl Kauba
Located in Missouri, MO
, blankets, feathers, as well as beaded moccasins. Reportedly, Kauba came to America around 1886. Inspired
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Bronze
Going into Battle
By Carl Kauba
Located in Missouri, MO
buckskin, variously tinted shirts, blankets, feathers, as well as beaded moccasins. Reportedly, Kauba came
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Bronze
Native American in Canoe
By Carl Kauba
Located in Missouri, MO
tinted shirts, blankets, feathers, as well as beaded moccasins. Reportedly, Kauba came to America around
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Bronze
Antique Native American Plains Indian Doll
Located in Highland, IN
2.75"d he is clad in a fringed and beaded buckskin shirt, pants, moccasins, and sports real hair.
We
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19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Leather, Beads
Antique Native American Doll, Sioux 'Plains Indian', 19th Century
Located in Denver, CO
Constructed of native tanned hide with trade beads and horse hair, this doll is wearing a
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Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide, Beads
WIND IN HER HAIR
By W Stanley Proctor
Located in Tallahassee, FL
American Indian with beaded buckskin dress and moccasins.
Part of Artist's Private Collection.
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Mid-19th Century Realist Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Sioux Quilled Knife Sheath
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
bead embellished pieces including headdresses, leggings, moccasins, breastplate, smoking pipes, bags
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Mid-19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
Tshusick, Ojibway Woman: Original Folio Hand-colored McKenney & Hall Lithograph
By McKenney & Hall
Located in Alamo, CA
traditional Ojibway clothing, with a fringed and beaded dress and moccasins. She wears a beaded necklace, a
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Lithograph
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French Style Wrought Iron Greenhouse with Door and Windows in Green Color
Located in Marbella, ES
French style wrought iron greenhouse with doors and windows that open outwards in white color. Ready for glass panels to be installed.
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2010s French Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Iron
H 106.3 in W 157.49 in D 118.12 in
Greek Bronze Illyrian Helmet, Archaic Period
Located in New York, NY
Greek bronze Illyrian Helmet
Archaic period, circa 500-500 BC.
Hammered from sheet-bronze, of domed form, with two parallel ribs to the bowl, a straight visor, two raised parallel ...
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15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Bronze
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century
On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
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Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Other
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Large Fine Apache Basket
By Apache Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Apache pictorial bowl with dogs and man figures with center squash blossom design.
Period: First quarter 20th century
Origin: Apache
Size: 16" x 4"
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’...
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Early 20th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Other
Historic Laguna Pueblo Large Native American Olla, 1880's
By Native American Art
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Large Laguna Pueblo Indian Polychrome Olla, circa 1880's. Measures 12 5/8"h x 13"w.
Featuring Geometric Designs on the Shoulder and Floral Designs with Fine Line Cross Hatching
on...
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Late 19th Century Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Clay
Native American Acoma Pottery Seed Pot - New Mexico
By Acoma
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This unique polychrome Native American seed pot is round in form and decorated in an array of geometric shapes with a figural design on top. The colors are deep brown, reddish-orange...
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20th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Antique Navajo Chief Blanket
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sometimes categorized as the fourth-phase chief blanket, this wonderful piece of Navajo textile art is well preserved and can be dated to 1890-1910. Woven with hand-spun natural yarn...
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1890s American Navajo Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Wool
Santa Clara Pueblo Blackware Pottery Ananyu 'Snake' Vase/Jar
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful small traditionally created blackware vase/vessel with snake ("Ananyu") pattern by Fidel (Native American, 1936 - 2018) and Tonita Naranjo (Native American, 1940-2007), cir...
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1990s American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Native American Belt Attributed to the Shinnecock People
Located in Miami, FL
A stunning hand-crafted belt featuring a beautiful turquoise stone. This very decorative native belt attributed to the Shinnecock People of the United States of America would look wo...
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20th Century American Tribal Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Shell, Fabric
Model Canoe by Native North American Indians, C.1930
Located in Incline Village, NV
Displayed on a custom made metal stand designed especially for this boat, this is a typical model dugout canoe carved by the Nootka or Makah Indian tribe of the Pacific Northwest Coa...
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1930s Canadian Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Wood
19th Century Chinese Chippendale Pagoda Cabinet
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Houston, TX
A stunning and rare 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale pagoda cabinets. This highly stylized hand carved mahogany cabinets features, glass shelving, pagoda gabled roofs, classi...
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19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Historic Pueblo Pottery Dough Bowl, Tesuque, Pueblo, circa 1875-1900, Antique
Located in Denver, CO
Antique circa 1875-1900 historic pueblo pottery bowl, Southwestern Native American Indian dough bowl built by hand and painted with red/orange, black and tan slip glazes in a Traditi...
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19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Earthenware
Native American Sioux Catlinite T Pipe
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux catlinite T pipe with fluted base and top. Has been smoked, with original stem. Collected by Charles Graves, Indian agent in 1928, South Dakota. Authentic.
Period: First quart...
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Early 20th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Other
Northwest Coast Totem by Marlin Alphonse
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Colorful Alaskan three figure winged totem. Carved and painted by Marlin Alphonse. Noted on back "purchased by Brad and Hazel Ritter on board Royal Princes, Sitka, Alaska 1986. His n...
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1980s American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Cedar
Antique Navajo Chief Blanket Third Phase Revival
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a Navajo chief blanket of the third phase circa 1895-1920s. The chief blanket is the highest achievement of the Navajo textile development, and this is a wonderful exampl...
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Early 20th Century American Navajo Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Yarn
Roach Headdress, Antique Native American, Plains Indian, 19th Century
By Native American Art
Located in Denver, CO
Antique 19th century Native American (Plains Indian) roach headdress made with dyed deer hair and porcupine guard hair on a u-shaped braided cloth with leather cords.
Custom displa...
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19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Fur
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Pair of Plains Indians Moccasins, USA, Early 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of moccasins. Plains Indians, USA, 20th century.
Pair of leather moccasins and milking beads
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Early 20th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
American Indian Beaded Moccasins, Apache, Late 19th Century
By Apache Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
A rare pair of 19th century Apache moccasins, circa 1880. Created from native tanned hide with
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Early 19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
Antique Native American Beaded Moccasins, 19th Century, Plains
By Arapaho Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
Constructed of native tanned hide with trade beads. Each moc is partially beaded on the vamp with a
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19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
Antique Native American Beaded Moccasins, Kiowa, Plains, 19th Century
By Native American Art
Located in Denver, CO
Constructed of native tanned hide and artfully beaded with blue, white and red trade beads; the
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19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
H 4.875 in W 3.75 in D 10.875 in
Antique Native American Beaded Moccasins, Blackfeet 'Plains Indian', circa 1890
Located in Denver, CO
Pair of 19th century Blackfeet beaded hide Moccasins, vintage circa 1890 Native American/North
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Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
H 4.25 in W 9.75 in D 8 in
Antique Native American Indian Beaded Moccasins, Sioux, Late 19th Century
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
Constructed from native tanned hide with red trade cloth and glass trade beads in intricate designs
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19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
H 3.75 in W 3.75 in D 10 in
Native American Child's Moccasins with Flag Imagery
Located in York County, PA
would be used for "show" and to illustrate the skill of the maker. Although moccasins with fully beaded
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1890s American Antique Beaded Moccasins
19th Century Cheyenne Plains Indian Beaded Pictorial Moccasins, circa 1890
Located in Denver, CO
Antique Native American Beaded Society Moccasins created around 1890, Cheyenne (Plains Indian
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19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Beads, Hide
Antique Native American Beaded Child's Moccasins, Arapaho, circa 1875
By Arapaho Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
A pair of late Classic period moccasins made for a youth or child. Constructed of native tanned
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19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
Antique Native American Beaded Child's Moccasins, Cheyenne, 19th Century
By The Cheyennes
Located in Denver, CO
Created for a child, this pair of moccasins was constructed from native tanned hide. Fully beaded
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19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
Pair Of Indian Beaded Seal skin Moccasin's With Fox Fur Trim
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PAIR OF 19THC BEADED INDIAN MOCCASIN'S WITH FOX FUR TRIM AND SEAL SKIN BODY.GREAT CONDITION WITH
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19th Century American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Important Classic Period Moccasins, Seneca
Located in Denver, CO
A very early and rare example of Seneca (Northeast or Woodlands) Native American Indian moccasins
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19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Moccasins and Leggings, Sioux 'Plains', circa 1910, Native American Beadwork
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
. Constructed of native tanned hide with trade beads. Each moccasin has blue buffalo tracks on the vamp and
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Early 20th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
H 16.5 in W 16 in D 10.25 in
Antique Native American Beaded Awl Case, Sioux 'Plains Indian, ' 19th Century
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
making moccasins, clothing and other beaded items. Holes would be perforated in the hide and then sinew
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Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
H 20.5 in W 2 in D 0.75 in
Yankton Sioux Beaded Moccasins
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Yankton Sioux men's fully beaded moccasins. Sinew sewn, parfleche soles, fringe trailers on heels
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Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Other
Native American Antique Iroquois Beaded Moccasins
Located in London, GB
Native American Iroquois Beaded Moccasins
Buckskin Velvet decorated with of glass beads in
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Early 20th Century American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Native American Pictorial Beaded Moccasins, Cheyenne, 19th Century
By The Cheyennes
Located in Denver, CO
Pictorial beaded moccasins constructed of native tanned hide with glass trade beads. Design
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19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
H 10 in W 3.5 in D 3.75 in
Antique Beaded Moccasins, Cheyenne 'Plains Indian', circa 1880s, Buffalo Tracks
By The Cheyennes
Located in Denver, CO
19th century Native American Beaded Moccasins, Cheyenne (Plains Indian), circa 1880s. Native tanned
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1880s American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
H 3.5 in W 3.25 in D 9 in
Antique Beaded Moccasins, Cree, Plains Indian, circa 1890, Star & Cactus Flowers
By Native American Art
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage 19th century Native American Beaded Moccasins, Cree (Plains Indian), circa 1890. Native
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Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide, Beads
H 6 in W 7.5 in D 9 in
19th Century Plains Beaded Moccasins
By Native American Art
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A pair of high button, deerskin moccasins of a Plains Native American tribe.
Beaded by hand on
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Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Metal
Antique Native American Plains Indian Beaded Moccasins, circa 1880
Located in Denver, CO
A pair of 19th century Northern Plains Indian moccasins constructed of native tanned buffalo hide
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19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
Antique Native American Beaded Moccasins, Cheyenne (Plains Indian), circa 1890
Located in Denver, CO
A pair of Southern Cheyenne (Plains Indian) Moccasins created circa 1890. Constructed of Native
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19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
H 3.75 in W 9 in D 11 in
Antique Native American Childs Ceremonial Beaded Moccasins, Cheyenne, circa 1900
By Native American Art
Located in Denver, CO
Cheyenne (Plains Indian), antique Native American child's moccasins, vintage late 19th or early
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Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
H 2.75 in W 6 in D 6.25 in
19th Century, Central Plains, American Indian Beaded Moccasins, circa 1870
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare pair of North American Central Plains beaded hide moccasins.
The uppers are fully
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Mid-19th Century American Tribal Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Beads, Hide
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H 5 in W 8.13 in D 3.5 in
Fine Native American Pair Fully Hand Beaded Moccasins, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
bead work in red, blue, green, and white colors. Patina from appropriate age.
Dimensions: 9.75
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19th Century American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Granite
Antique Native American Beaded Child's Moccasins, Arapaho, 19th Century
By Arapaho Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
A youth or child's pair of moccasins. Constructed of native tanned hide and intricately beaded with
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19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
Antique Beaded Child's Moccasins, Cheyenne 'Plains Indian, ' 19th Century
By Native American Art
Located in Denver, CO
A remarkable pair of child or youth-sized moccasins created between 1875-1900. Constructed of
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Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
Moccasins, Early 20th Century, Sioux, Plains Indian, Pictorial Bead Work, Tepees
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage Native American moccasins, Sioux (Plains Indian) ceremonial style, fully beaded including
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Early 20th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Hide
H 4.75 in W 8.25 in D 10.25 in
Sioux Moccasins
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Sioux moccasins
Measures: L 10 1/4"
circa 1880s
Glass seed beads with three shades of blue and
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Late 19th Century North American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Fine Native American Indian Huron Beaded Moccasins
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of Native American Huron beaded moccasins
Finely beaded with intricate floral
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Early 20th Century North American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Leather
American Indian Art, Blackfoot Beaded Moccasins, Alberta, Canada, Circa 1900
Located in Paris, FR
American Indian Art
Blackfoot beaded moccasins
Alberta, Canada, circa 1900
Skin, rawhide (soles
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Early 1900s Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Fabric
H 10.24 in W 4.14 in D 4.14 in
American Indian Art, Blackfoot Beaded Moccasins Alberta, Canada, Circa 1885
Located in Paris, FR
American Indian Art
Blackfoot beaded moccasins
Alberta, Canada, circa 1885
Skin, rawhide (soles
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19th Century Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Fabric
H 10.04 in W 3.15 in D 4.53 in
American Indian Art, Sioux Beaded Moccasins, South Dakota, USA, Circa 1890
Located in Paris, FR
American Indian Art
Sioux beaded moccasins
South Dakota, USA, circa 1890 - 1895
Skin, rawhide
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19th Century Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Fabric
H 9.85 in W 3.94 in D 4.73 in
Arapaho Beaded Moccasins
By Arapaho Indian Art
Located in Tucson, AZ
Hand tanned deer skin moccasins with minor bead loss, sinew sewn. Moccasins are supple to the touch
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19th Century American Native American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Beads
19th Century Plains Beaded Hide Baby Moccasins
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of fine late 19th century Plains beaded hide baby moccasins with multi-colored beads and
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19th Century American Antique Beaded Moccasins
American Indian Art, Reverse Cree Moccasin, Saskatchewan, Canada, circa 1880
Located in Paris, FR
American Indian Art
Reverse Cree moccasin
Saskatchewan, Canada, circa 1880
Velvet, fabric, beads
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19th Century Antique Beaded Moccasins
Materials
Fabric
Woodland Maliseet Bead Decorated Moccasins
Located in Hershey, PA
A very rare form, in an unusually large size. Custom art base included.
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19th Century American Antique Beaded Moccasins
Northern Plains Sioux Moccasins
Located in Hershey, PA
Fully beaded on buffalo hide, original beaded split tongue. Custom art base included.
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19th Century American Antique Beaded Moccasins
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Antique Beaded Moccasins For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique beaded moccasins available for sale. The range of distinct antique beaded moccasins — often made from animal skin, hide and beads — can elevate any home. Antique beaded moccasins have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. There have been many well-made antique beaded moccasins over the years, but those made by Native American Art, Sioux Indian Art and Arapaho Indian Art are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Antique Beaded Moccasins?
Antique beaded moccasins can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,873, while the lowest priced sells for $495 and the highest can go for as much as $9,500.
Finding the Right folk-art for You
Folk art refers to a genre of art that shares the creator’s traditions, offering not just an artistic display but an opportunity to learn about a culture. Vintage, new and antique folk art typically reflects a heritage or location. It can include utilitarian objects and handmade art as diverse as weather vanes, portraiture and paintings, carnival art, quilts and duck decoys.
American folk art is frequently valued because of the traditional skills involved, like weaving, hand-carving wood and even stonework. Many folk artists are self-taught, while some train as apprentices within their community. By using available materials and taking a personal approach to their creations, artists ensure each piece is unique and conveys a story. Native American folk art includes functional objects reflecting their heritage, such as baskets, textiles and wooden pieces.
During the Great Depression, artistic materials in America were hard to come by, so artisans used discarded wood from cigar boxes and shipping crates to make highly stylized, notched pieces — most often picture frames and boxes — that are today sought after by collectors. This folk art style is called tramp art and was popular from roughly 1870 until the 1940s.
Folk art brings vibrant culture and traditions into your home. Browse an extensive collection of folk art on 1stDibs.
Questions About Antique Beaded Moccasins
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Perfect for July 4th weekend, a new show at Philadelphia's Museum of the American Revolution displays an array of antique red, white and blue flags.
Tramp Art, America’s Most Misunderstood Art Form, Is Trending in Interiors
Designers are beginning to see this enigmatic form of folk art in a whole new light.
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