Authentic 19th Century Nez Perce Beaded Cradleboard
By Nez Perce Indians
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
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Antique Native American Beaded Doll Cradleboard, Apache, 19th Century
By Apache Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
American Indian girl's toy cradleboard with a doll laced inside.
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Native American Sioux Beaded Saddle Throw
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Sioux saddle throw. Beaded on brain tanned elk hide and red stroud. Beadwork features a traditional "hourglass" design done in colors of blue, green, and white with s...
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19th Century Native Chippewa Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Chippewa fully beaded bandolier bag with full size pocket, floral beading on intermediate panel and delicate edge beading and faceted bead drops. Beautiful and visual. Very nice wall...
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19th Century Native Chippewa Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Extra-large Chippewa beaded bandolier bag with full pocket. Black bead drops ending in blue yarn. Bright and visual vintage piece of Native American beadwork. Makes a great wall hang...
Beads
Mid-19th Century Metis Cree Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Metis Cree bandolier with classic beading on red Stroud with white bead edging and black silk ribbon border. Period: Mid-19th century Origin: Metis Cree Size: 30" x 7". Family Ow...
Other
$2,250
H 8 in W 2.75 in D 3 in
Antique Southern Cheyenne Moccasins, Beaded Buckskin Tipi Motif, c. 1880
By Native American Art
Located in Denver, CO
Exceptional pair of antique Southern Cheyenne beaded moccasins dating to circa 1880, representing a highly collectible example of 19th-century Plains Indian art and Indigenous crafts...
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$4,500
H 15 in W 22 in D 4 in
Antique Sioux Plains Native American Beaded Buckskin and Canvas Possible Bag
By Native American Art
Located in Denver, CO
This antique 19th-century Sioux beaded possible bag is a remarkable example of Plains Indian artistry and craftsmanship. Constructed from soft buckskin hide with a sturdy canvas back...
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$695
H 20 in W 7 in D 2.375 in
Native American, Western Great Plains Ceremonial Beaded War Club Circa 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Great Plains beaded war club is formed with a long, tapering handle terminating in a double-cone head, the entire object presenting the purposeful balance and compact striking p...
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Native American Sioux Beaded Teepee Bag
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Sioux beaded teepee bag. Having beaded front, sides and top. Beadwork is mostly white with blue, yellow, red, and green forming traditional geometric design. Having t...
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$5,800
H 20.5 in W 4.25 in D 0.3 in
Antique Crow Beaded Knife Sheath c.1870 Plains Native American Hide
By Crow
Located in Denver, CO
This exceptional antique Crow (Apsáalooke) beaded knife sheath, dating to circa 1870, is a rare and highly collectible artifact from the Classic Period of Plains Native American arti...
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Sioux Beaded Pipe Bag
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux beaded pipe bag. Having large-beaded panels both sides on brain tanned buffalo. Bead patterns feature white background with green and blue traditional designs on front and back...
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1890's Sioux Wood and Fabric Cradleboard
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
1890's Sioux beaded cradleboard. The beaded top classic design, having thunderbirds with both sides on three white bars with red-white hearts and greasy yellows. Original cotton drop...
Fabric, Wood
Native American Great Lakes Knife Sheath with Trade Knife
Located in Mount Horeb, WI
An exceptional late 19th-century Native American elaborately decorated sheath, attributed to the Great Lakes or Eastern Woodlands region. Probably Ojibwe/Chippewa. The dark cloth she...
Silk, Beads
19th Century Sioux Quilled Knife Sheath
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Quilled knife sheath with quilled drops, tin cones with yellow horsehair. With original collection tag. A very rare piece in this condition. Original tag reads "Knife sheath I bought...
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Beaded Nez Perce Antique Belt Pouch
By Nez Perce Indians
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Nez Perce beaded belt pouch on harness leather. Teal beaded background with floral beaded design in colors of yellow, grey, white, and green. Faceted beads. Two vinta...
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Plains Beaded Knife Sheath 1930s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beaded Knife Sheath Plains 1930s Cut glass trade beads, hide, sinew, tin cones, twisted hide, dyed horsehair. Excellent original condition, some miner fading of the dyed ho...
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19th Century Chippewa Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Genuine Native American Chippewa floral beaded bandolier bag with full size pocket. Intermediate panel beaded on black velvet. Matching shoulder straps. Trunk piece. Appears to never...
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Pictorial Acoma Olla Pottery
By Acoma
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Hand thrown and painted pictorial Acoma top rim with geometrics below. Hand thrown, thick walled, signed on bottom B. Concho, Acoma, N.M. Primitive and "folky." Period: Mid-20th cen...
Pottery
Sioux Native Dragonfly Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux moccasins with dragonflies. Fully beaded, including soles. Fully beaded moccasins were made as special gifts for elders, respected individuals, or during rites of passages for ...
Beads
Native Kiowa 19th Century Pictorial Child's Teepee
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Child's teepee depicting highly graphic battle scene painted on brain tanned deer skin. This piece was acquired from Wilma Silvey, age 89, in 2005, white woman, was handed down throu...
Other
$3,750
H 11.25 in W 4.5 in D 18.75 in
Antique Plains Roach Headdress c.1880 Deer & Porcupine Hair Native American
By Native American Art
Located in Denver, CO
This exceptional 19th-century Plains Native American roach headdress, dating to circa 1880, is a rare and visually dynamic example of traditional ceremonial regalia from the Great Pl...
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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...
Clay
$795
H 11 in W 7 in D 3 in
Southwestern Native American Hopi Hand Carved Child Cradle Kachina Katsina Doll
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully hand-painted and decorated Native American Hopi Kachina Katsina doll. We believe this was a child's cradle first Kachina doll. It is hand carved from light wood (likel...
Wood, Paint
$1,250
H 27 in W 10 in D 10 in
Large Signed Native American Hopi Original Mudhead Kachina Katsina Doll on Stand
By Native American Art
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully handcrafted/detailed and decorated Native American Hopi Mudhead Kachina doll. Quite an unusually large work. A striking piece overall. Hand painted with leather and pos...
Leather, Wood, Paint
$600Sale Price|20% Off
H 9.25 in W 8.25 in D 2.125 in
Nuu-chah-nulth Northwest Coast Hand Carved Wood TOTEM Pole by Ray Williams
Located in San Diego, CA
A fine example attributed to master Nuu-chah-nulth carver Ray Williams, circa 1960s. Ray Williams was the son of famed carver Sam Williams who started carving for the Ye Olde Curiosi...
Wood, Paint
Panamint Shouldered Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Highly decorated and finely woven shouldered basket with red wool decoration on shoulder Period: Last quarter 20th century Origin: Panamint Size: 6" diameter x 3 1/2" height Fami...
Other
$55,000
H 54 in W 52 in D 8 in
Museum Quality Native American Sioux Beaded Hide Dress Antique Plains 1880
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
Exceptional museum-quality circa 1880 Native American Sioux beaded hide dress, representing one of the most significant and visually compelling forms of Plains Indian material cultur...
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19th Century Cheyenne Beaded Moccasins
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Cheyenne fully beaded moccasins. Red, yellow and blue on white background. Soft soled brain tanned hide. PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: Great Plains - Cheyenne SIZE: 10"L Origina...
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19th Century Native American Ball Head War Club
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Ball headed war club of walnut with carved panther effigy. The panther is rare and a powerful warrior symbol that has different interpretations "He who kills with one blow" and "A po...
Other
Cheyenne Native American Dress
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pre-reservation Cheyenne dress. Hand-sewn, pieced together; blue trade cloth, ribbon-like edging, cowry shell cape on both sides. This piece without any restoration. Hard to find thi...
Shell
Native American Sioux Authentic Fully Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux fully-beaded moccasins, with fully beaded soles. Fully beaded moccasins were made as special gifts for elders, respected individuals, or during rites of passages for events suc...
Beads
19th Century Blackfeet Split Horn Headdress
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Blackfeet or crow split horn headdress collected by Ron Hall at Browning, Montana from grandson of Edward Axe (Blackfeet) who acquired from Jack Black Horse (Blackfeet) and Mary Yell...
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Adorned Iron 19th Century Pipe Tomahawk
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Heavily adorned presentation grade pipe tomahawk with pewter inlaid fish, moon, acorn and war axe on cast iron blade. Period: Mid-19th century Origin: Eastern, US Size: Head 18", ov...
Iron
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.
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As part of thoughtful home decor, antique and vintage Native American objects — works created by Native American artists and artisans — can bring rich textures and colors into a space.
Art collecting can be done in a socially and environmentally conscious way that reinvests in local communities. Tribal art is traditionally crafted with earth-friendly materials that respect the environment.
Textiles have long been objects of art and utility for Native Americans. Traditional weaving techniques involve material made from plant and animal fibers. Different tribes have woven distinctive patterns and colors into blankets, rugs and garments, such as the vibrant geometric shapes woven from wool by the Navajo.
After metal and glass beads were introduced to North America by Europeans, they became a popular form of art. Intricate beading appears on clothing, jewelry and other objects. Beadwork not only looks stunning, but it is also deeply emblematic of Native American ethnicity and can be used to pass stories handed down from generation to generation. Beaded garments have often been commissioned for important events like weddings, dances and celebrations.
Native Americans initially created pottery out of necessity to carry water and store food. For centuries, artists have decorated jugs, vases and other vessels, from designs etched into clay to experimentation with firing methods for unique finishes.
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