Native American Beadwork

Plains Indian deerskin and beadwork vest with meandering vine motif on the chest panels. The back with full blossoms and fringed waist.

Acrylic grey scale painting on canvas with beadwork, which speaks to the tradition of beadwork among the Sicangu Lakota, the tribe of which White Hawk is a member. Measures: 18" x 18".

The artist hand cut fine heishi style shell beads and interspersed them with turquoise, abalone and clam shell beads of irregular sizes.

Made of stroud cloth with appliqué satin, taffeta, tulle and glass trade beads. Mounted. Measure: 59” x 70”.

Pair of leather moccasins and milking beads, age patina. Dimension: 28 X 11 cm Dimension with stand: 39 x 27 x 10 cm.  

Probably Sioux, shirt has fringed sleeves with beaded shoulder panels. Chest panel with horse hair tassels.

An iconic example of early Navajo silverwork, this naja features stamping and cold chisel decorations on hand-hammered ingot silver with handmade beads and naja. The naja with the he...

Fully bead decorated pouch with matching shoulder strap.

Handmade round and squash blossom beads, and finished with a native wrap. Weighs 257 grams, is 27 inches long, and naja measures 3 inches by 2 1/4 inches.

An exquisite piece by Hopi master jeweler Charles Loloma, this cuff is inlaid with panels of ironwood, set with a single turquoise bead and a single band of clam shell heishi An unus...

There is a secondary hide necklace with small metal beads which are also affixed to the lower part of the blanket wrap near the zig zag ribbon work.

Fine old native American Indian Apache beaded bag Buckskin, finely beaded on the both sides with glass beads in floral and geometric designs with bottom fringe Central plains Measure...

A fine Native American Ojibwe beaded pipe bag. Buckskin finely beaded panels on the both sides with glass beads in floral designs and cloth rim, with long fringe Period: East...

Fine rare old native American beaded pipe or tobacco bag Buckskin, finely beaded on the both sides with glass beads in floral and geometric designs, Possibly Apache or Plateau Measur...

Fine old native American plains beaded strip Sioux A beautiful plains Sioux panel very finely beaded on buck skin with geometric designs A perfectly balanced design in both color a...

Smoke tanned moose hide. 10" long. Beaded toes and cuffs. Period: circa 1940 Origin: Cree Size: 10" long.

Expertly constructed from native tanned hide, these moccasins feature intricate beadwork made with high-quality glass trade beads. The unique design highlights concentric lines forme...

FANTASTIC ALL ORIGINAL BEADED AND HIDE CLOTHING ON THIS ESKIMO DOLL.HAND CARVED BONE HEAD WITH A FACE CARVED OUT.THIS DOLL IS FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTOR AND IS IN GREAT AS FOUND CONDIT...

It is beaded on both sides and features elegant designs.

An unusual item we came across is this early 20th century Native American beaded bag or pouch with a floral scheme on one side and a pattern on the other.

Native American Ojibwa or woodlands Cree Leggings A very fine pair of Native American leggings in wool with applied beaded sections 34 x 13 cm (circa 1890 ) sewn to later leggings c...

Constructed of native tanned hide, these moccasins were intricately beaded in a pictorial design consisting of star, cross and arrow motifs in glass trade beads.

This Woodlands or Great Lakes bandolier bag is intricately beaded in geometric and foliate designs on trade cloth.

Constructed of native tanned hide and intricately beaded with cross motifs in green, red, yellow, blue and white trade beads.

Constructed of native tanned hide with trade beads. Each moc is partially beaded on the vamp with a Red Cross.

Created from native tanned hide with glass trade beads, yellow ochre and tin coned 'fringe'. The vamps, back of the heels and edges are partially beaded with stylized Morningstar and...

The large majority or the beads are present, there are a few missing here and there, on the cuffs for instance.

TRADITIONAL OJIBWAY TRIBAL SHOES WITH FLORAL BEAD DETAILING Originating from the Ojibwe (Ojibwa) people from what is currently Southern Canada and the North Mid-Western United State...

Northern Arapaho (Plains) beaded leggings constructed of native tanned hide and beaded in tepee and cross motifs in white-heart red, green, blue, yellow and white trade beads.

Handmade from smoked moose leather with fur trim. Hand-beaded by an Ojibway artist in the floral style typical of the classic Eastern Woodlands style.

A Lakota Sioux (Plains Indian) vest constructed of native tanned hide with trade beads. Fully beaded with geometric and pictorial elements including crosses.

Constructed of native tanned hide and partially beaded around the vamps creating buffalo track motifs in the negative area.

Constructed of native tanned hide and artfully beaded with blue, white and red trade beads; the maker recycled portions of painted parfleche for the soles.

Created for a child, this pair of moccasins was constructed from native tanned hide. Fully beaded uppers with "buffalo track" motifs on each vamp along with stylized tepee (tipi) des...

Created by hand with native tanned hide and beaded with glass trade beads in blue, white, red, pink and green.

TRADITIONAL OJIBWAY TRIBAL WAISTCOAT WITH FLORAL BEAD DETAILING Originating from the Ojibwe (Ojibwa) people from what is currently Southern Canada and the North Mid-Western United S...

Constructed of native tanned hide stretched over a wooden frame and decorated with yellow ochre pigment and glass trade beads. A nomadic tribe, the Apache peoples eventually settl...

This stunning pair of antique 19th-century Cheyenne Plains Tobacco Society beaded leggings, dating back to the 1880s, showcases the artistry and cultural significance of Native Ameri...

Partially beaded in black, blue and white trade beads with red trade cloth roundels.

Constructed of red trade cloth with native tanned hide fringe. Intricately beaded different designs on either side. The Plateau cultural area encompasses portions of what is now n...

Pictorial plains/American Indian vest fully beaded and fringed. Depicting natives on horseback with feather headdresses and elk/deer.

Constructed of native tanned buffalo hide, the bag is sewn with sinew and beaded with glass trade beads in a Classic Cheyenne/Arapaho design.

Late 20th century Native American deerskin leather quiver. Beaded bands around top and base, soft leather fringe at bottom, decorated with feathers, beads, several pieces of animal b...

Vintage Native American style medicine bag or pouch fashioned out of the shell of a box turtle and buckskin leather, decorated around the edge with red and green beads and buttons ma...

Constructed of native-tanned hide and partially beaded with cross and geometric devices. Beadwork fringe at the bottom.

A beaded "Octopus Bag" comprised of glass trade beads elaborately beaded on black trade cloth.

Constructed of native tanned hide and exquisitely beaded with trade beads. The cuffs are adorned in ribbon with edge-beading.

Vintage Native American medicine bag or pouch fashioned out of the shell of a box turtle and buckskin leather with cords and fringe accented with beads and miniature vertebrae bones...

Constructed from native tanned hide with red trade cloth and glass trade beads in intricate designs including stylized tepees on a classic blue Sioux background.

Vintage piece of Native American dance regalia fashioned from the taxidermy shell of some variety of box turtle shell with beaded accents. Hole in the back suggests it was once the t...

A 19th century American Indian beaded telescope case (Blackfoot/Blackfeet). The case is composed of native tanned hide and beaded in red, yellow, pumpkin and black trade beads in geo...

A Plateau Flat Bag constructed of hide and fully beaded on one side with glass trade beads. A whimsical design with a bird in a cherry tree.

The hide is partially beaded in traditional designs with blue, red, yellow, green and pink trade beads.