"Ceremonial Hunting Shirt - Yoruba, Nigeria, " Glass Beads, Shells, & Cloth
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Scientific evidence exists indicating that blue-green glass beads were being traded outside the Yoruba area long before the era of contact with the Europeans.
Fabric, Glass, Found Objects
Mother Africa Pendant w/Rare Umbalite ConcaveCut Garnet
Located in Rimrock, AZ
Designed and cut by award winning GemCarver Richard Homer Hand-Inlaid semiprecious stones Jet Mammoth Pipestone Malachite Tigereye Lapis 42" African Trade Beads, Circa 1800 (Millefio...
$40,250
Split Horn Headdress
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Heavily adorned split horn headdress with ermine drops, silk ribbons, hawk bells, stroud covered horns, brass trade beads and brass buttons on red stroud brain tanned buffalo cap.
Fur
19th Century Micmac Spiked War Club
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mandrel wound Dutch opalescent trade bead attached with hide thong through hole, traces of red paint on wood.
Wood
Yoruba Ibeji triplets master sculptor.Abegunde of Ede tribal African Art Nigeria
Located in Norwich, GB
They are carried around, bathed, powdered, given jewellery. Note the trade beads which adorn our figures' waistlines.
Wood
19th Century, Sioux Beaded High-Top Moccasins
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
The set shows stiff Indian tanned hide moccasins with hard parfleche rawhide soles and the tops being covered in period correct 1800’s glass trade seed beads that are sinew sewn in a...
Hide, Beads
Antique Potawatomi Beaded Moccasins c.1880 – Northeast Woodlands Native Footwear
By Native American Art
Located in Denver, CO
Hand-stitched from native tanned hide, the moccasins feature large, flared cuffs intricately adorned with edge beadwork using vibrant trade glass beads in white, purple, red, green, ...
Animal Skin, Hide, Leather, Beads
Antique Crow Beaded Knife Sheath c.1870 Plains Native American Hide
By Crow
Located in Denver, CO
Key Features: Authentic Crow (Apsáalooke) origin, Northern Plains Circa 1870, pre-Reservation / Classic Period Native-tanned hide with hand-sewn glass trade beadwork Geometric bead d...
Hide
Vintage Native American Heishi Turquoise Bead Necklace
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage Native American 5-strand turquoise necklace. Heishi turquoise beads; sterling silver conical clasp. According to Palms Trading Co., "making of these beads requires immense sk...
Sterling Silver
Certified 18.7mm Loose Lilac Freshwater Bead Cultured Pearl Undrilled Superior
Located in Carmel By The Sea, CA
Included: Original GUILD Pearl Grading Report Undrilled Freshwater Bead Cultured Pearl GUILD Report Details: Type: Freshwater Bead Cultured Pearl Trade Name: Lilac Shape: Round Col...
Pearl
$400Sale Price / set|20% Off
Tibet Vintage Pair Amulet Pendants Nine And Four Eye Dzi Beads
Located in South Burlington, VT
They are also thought to hold medicinal propertie as some examples may show surface abrasions - also good signs of authenticity- where small amounts of the stone was extracted and la...
Agate
$400Sale Price / set|20% Off
Tibet Antique Amulet Pendant, Hand-Crafted Agate Dzi Beads, Qing Style
Located in South Burlington, VT
They are also thought to hold medicinal propertie as some examples may show surface abrasions - also good signs of authenticity- where small amounts of the stone was extracted and la...
Agate
$8,500
Faw Faw Hat
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Waters, “Waw-no-she’s Dance” in American Indian Art Magazine, Winter 1988, pages 36-45. George Hamell, “Trading in Metaphors: The Magic of Beads,” Presentation at the Glass Trade...
Beads