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Material: Beads
19th Century Native American Nez Perce Beaded Belt
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Nez Perce beaded belt on harness leather adorned with brass diamonds in the center. Trunk piece - stored and in great condition. Beautiful colors of blues, reds, whites, orange and g...
Category
Early 19th Century American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
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 condition. Great display piece.
Period: First quarte...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Beads Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
Group of Three Traditional Medicine Containers. Luguru, Tanzania
Located in London, GB
Sold as a collection each of these medicine containers displays their own distinctive characteristics. One of the gourd containers features a carved wooden stopper depicting a male h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Beads Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber, Wood, Beads
A pair of monkey skull amulets
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Probably Papua New Guinea, or Borneo, Dayak, late 19th/early 20th century
H. approx. 12 cm (incl. stand, each)
Provenance:
Private collection, Flanders
Category
Late 19th Century Papua New Guinean Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Beads
Kuba Bwoom Mask
Located in Austin, TX
Residing in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Kuba people are true artisans whose craftsmanship fueled traditional rituals, performances, and storytelling. Natural materials, in this case cowrie shells, hold a long history of use in African art often associated with beauty and spirituality. The Bwoom mask...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Beads Folk Art
Materials
Copper
$648 Sale Price
64% Off
Chief White Feather "Dr. Teyet Ramar" Sioux Beaded Vest
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Chief white feather "Ramar" Dr. Teyet Ramar , better known as Chief White Feather Sitting Bull (1908-1957) Born of Sioux father and Chippewa mother, he was a direct descendant of an even more famous chief, Sitting Bull. Teyet Ramar graduated from Shelton College, New York City, and before his conversion was a feature organist in Broadway theaters...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
19th Century, Southern Plains Beaded High-Top Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Southern plains Hightop Moccasins
Item Number: AG2312
Exceptional Kiowa/Comanche hightop moccasins dyed with yellow ochre. Adorned with a single be...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
19th Century Assiniboine Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Genuine native Assiniboine fully beaded bandolier bag with full pocket. Floral and leaf design with green bugle bead drops ending in pompoms. Full...
Category
1890s American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
A colourful beaded Yoruba 'crown'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Yoruba People, Nigeria, 20th century
Provenance:
- Collection Rinck Hollnberger, Munich (purchased in the 1980s or 1990s)
Category
20th Century Nigerian Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Fine Early Prestige Kuba Chieftain's Cap (Laket Mishiing)
Located in London, GB
Traditionally worn as a symbol of rank and title, this beautiful Kuba chieftain's cap (laket mishiing) is embellished with cowrie shells and rows of blue, white and black glass beads. The body of the hat has been fashioned from raffia fibre using the woven basketry technique, and displays the typical form of the Kuba 'laket' cap, with four scallop-shaped 'ears'. When worn, one of the 'ears' would have been squarely positioned at the front of the wearer's forehead.
Given to Kuba men upon completion of an initiation rite, small dome-shaped raffia hats signalled their transformation into mature members of Kuba society. As a Kuba man moved up the social ladder, his headgear would change, with male titleholders commissioning local artisans to produce splendidly decorated prestige hats to signal his rank. The accumulation of materials on a Kuba man’s hat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Beads Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber, Beads
Pair of 20th Century Navajo Beaded Moccasins
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 20th Century Navajo Beaded Moccasins
This exquisite pair of 20th-century Navajo beaded moccasins is a fine example of traditional Native American ...
Category
20th Century American Native American Beads Folk Art
Materials
Fur, Leather, Beads
$556 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Native Nez Perce Beaded Martingale
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Early designed beaded Nez Perce martingale. Constructed stroud applied to canvas with beaded panels of hourglass and diamond motifs. Split tab and brass bell suspensions. Stunning pi...
Category
19th Century American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Naga Konyak double fish tail trophy necklace
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Nagaland, North-east India, early 20th century
Made of old glass beads with a bronze adornment in the shape of a double fish tail.
Provenance:
- Collection Rinck Hollnberger, Munic...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Two Naga hunting trophy chains
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Nagaland, North-east India, early 20th century
Probably made from dogteeth.
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Beads Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Beads, Teeth
An Illongot headdress
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Ifugao, Northern Philippines, 19th century
Decorated with different kinds of beadwork and the bill of a Kalaw bird (hornbill).
Historically, only those who had proven themselves th...
Category
19th Century Philippine Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber, Wood, Beads
$2,851
Circa 1880 Southern Cheyenne Beaded Moccasins with Tipi Motifs, Plains Indian
Located in Denver, CO
This exceptional pair of 19th-century Southern Cheyenne beaded moccasins, dating circa 1880, is a rare and authentic example of Plains Native American ...
Category
1880s American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
African Maasai Necklace Mounted on Custom Metal Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
An African Maasai tribal necklaces mounted on stands. These very colorful African necklaces feature a variety of sizes. The prominent colors ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary African Tribal Beads Folk Art
Materials
Iron
An exquisite warrior's headdress or 'Kaibauk'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Amarasi district, Kupang regency, West Timor island, early 20th century
Category
Early 20th Century Timorese Beads Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Native American Shoshone Beaded Belt Strip
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Fully beaded Shohsone belt on harness leather. Dark blue edging with lighter blue center having dispersed geometric designs.
Period: Late 19th century
Origin: Great Basin - Shoshone...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Antique Woman’s Ceremonial Beaded Cache-sexe (Pikuran), Cameroon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Woman’s Ceremonial Beaded Cache-sexe (Pikuran), Cameroon
Worn by the Bana Guilli (Kirdi) women of the Mandara Mountain region in northern Cameroon, pubic aprons, or cache-se...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
A male ceremonial armband made with bat-teeth
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Papua New Guinea, late 19th/early 20th century
Male ceremonial 'armband' made of bat teeth drilled and tied in a double row to a woven band of palm fibre.
Category
Late 19th Century Papua New Guinean Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber, Beads, Teeth
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...
Category
1880s American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Small Beaded Washoe Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Fully beaded single rod Washoe basket with vibrant colors of blue, yellow and orange inside and out.
Period: circa 1900-1920
Origin: Washoe
Size: 2 1/2"...
Category
1910s American Native American Vintage Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Ornate Mirror From India
Located in Asheville, NC
This beweled dressing mirror will make a wonderful addition to an eastern style room, with gold painted trim, jewels, and pressed tin, it is highly decorated and sits on four ball feet.
Category
20th Century Indian Beads Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Beads
Native American Sioux Beaded Saddle Throw
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...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Beads Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
1880s Potawatomi Moccasins, Plains Leather, Northeast Woodlands, Beaded
Located in Denver, CO
This rare and well preserved pair of circa 1880 Potawatomi moccasins is an exceptional example of 19th-century Northeast Woodlands Native American craftsmanship. Hand-stitched from n...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Animal Skin, Hide, Leather, Beads
African Masai Beaded Traditional Artifact Wall Decor
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage African Masai Beaded Traditional Wedding Necklace Artifact Wall Decor from Kenya.
One of a kind piece artifact , expertly hand beaded by the skillful Maasai people.
This Bold and colorful necklace is worn among the Masai people of Kenya during weddings and special festivals.
Colorful beadwork, each color bead represents a different aspect of the Maasai culture:
Bravery, (red), Energy (blue), Purity (white), Nourishment (green), Warmth & Generosity (orange), Cycle of Life (yellow ), and Black represents the color of the people and daily struggles - their unity and harmony.
Handmade Artifact wall decor Maasai Tribal colorful jewelry African necklace...
Category
Late 20th Century Kenyan Folk Art Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Beaded Betel Bag, Sumatra, Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Sumatran beaded betel bag made of glass trade beads from early to mid-20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
$300 Sale Price
36% Off
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 ...
Category
1880s American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Vintage Set of 4 Ndebele Mapoto Beaded Aprons from South Africa Canvas Backed
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome set of four Ndebele Mapoto beaded aprons from South Africa. They are canvas backed and in awesome condition. We have not detected any loose beads...
Category
Late 20th Century South African Tribal Beads Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Beads
Antique Beaded Ceremonial Dance Sarong (Lawo Butu) East Flores, Indonesia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Beaded Ceremonial Dance Sarong (Lawo Butu) East Flores, Indonesia
A rare beaded tube sarong from the Lio people in south eastern Flores, Indonesia, reportedly worn by young ...
Category
Late 19th Century Indonesian Tribal Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Beads
19th Century Pair of Iroquois Moccasins
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Pair of Iroquois Moccasins, New York or Ontario, mid to late 19th Century, a worn pair of moccasins with suede bodies, blue trade cloth tops with red trade cloth border,...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Suede, Cotton, Beads
Plains Indian Quillwork Tobacco Bag, Native Hide & Beads, c. 1850–1880
Located in Denver, CO
This exceptional mid-19th century Plains Indian tobacco bag is a rare and visually compelling example of traditional Native American artistry from the Northern Plains region. Crafted...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
19th Century Sioux Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux fully beaded moccasins. Red, white and blue with geometric stacked colors. Hard soles, cotton cuff edging.
Period: Late 19th Century
Origin: Gr...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
Tutsi Beaded Prestige Staffs
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A group of six beaded wood Tutsi and Hutu ceremonial objects, the green striped one second from right is a knife, the others were used as staffs by elite members of the Tutsi and Hu...
Category
Early 20th Century Rwandan Tribal Beads Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Glass, Beads, Wood
$3,500 / set
19th Century Native Sauk Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Genuine geometric Native American Sauk people bandolier bag with loom beaded geometric panels. Blue and black yarn tuffs. Minor deterioration on red salvage, not distracting. Great v...
Category
1890s American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Large Mali Terracotta Tribal Bead Necklace by Claire Ginioux, Paris, France
By Claire Ginioux
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Offered by Zena Kruzick
Large Mali terracotta tribal bead necklace by Claire Ginioux, Paris, France.
Mali terracotta beads from the 19th centu...
Category
Late 20th Century Malian Tribal Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Sioux Beaded Pipe Bag
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 tradition...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
$5,175
Crow Plains Native American Beaded Leather Cuffs, Bar Design, 20th Century
Located in Denver, CO
Exceptional pair of late 19th-century Northern Plains Native American wrist cuffs, attributed to the Crow (Apsáalooke) people. Also known as gauntlet cuffs, these pieces are crafted ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Tin
1970s Finnish Aarikka Jewelry Wooden Bead Pin Brooch
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Classic Finnish 1970s jewelry by acclaimed Finnish designer Kaija Aarikka (1929-2014). Lacquered wooden beads set in two circles with additional hanging ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Beads Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Brass
Santee Sioux Gauntlets
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Santee Sioux beaded gauntlets. Striking colorful gauntlets with fringed sides and classic beading on the cuff, hand and fingers. Desig...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Beads Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
$4,025
Woman's Headdress in Shape of a Butterfly, Yao People, China
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Yao Woman's Hat in the shape of a butterfly.
China, mid 20th century
Linen stretched over a basketry frame, wood, silk tassels and fringe, glass beads.
22" x 20 1/2" x 5" (56 x 52 x...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Tribal Beads Folk Art
Materials
Linen, Silk, Natural Fiber, Beads
Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Beaded Child's Cap
By Iroquois
Located in Sharon, CT
An Iroquois child's cap, beautiful floral designs in multi-colored beads woven on red fabric.
Category
Late 19th Century American Tribal Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sexe Modesty Apron, Cameroon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century tribal beaded cache-sexe modesty apron (pikuran), Bana Guili people, Mandara Mountains, Cameroon
An unusual cache-sexe made of blue and yellow beads so scattered ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Beads Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Beads
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage African Urembo Beaded Necklace Choker Kenya
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Urembo Beaded vintage necklace choker by the Maasai Tribe Kenya
Vintage African Urembo beaded necklace choker.
Handmade in Kenya by the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Kenyan Folk Art Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
19th Century Cheyenne Leggings
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Cheyenne pictorial leggings with horseshoes (horse stealing). Brain tanned deer skin, yellow ochre and green with red ochre on reverse. Older bead shirt strips sinew sewn and moved o...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
Beaded Betel Bag, Sumatra, Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Sumatran beaded betel bag made of glass trade beads from early to mid-20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
$300 Sale Price
36% Off
19th Century Cheyenne Beaded Moccasins
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 Plai...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
Small 19th Century Kamba Elder's Chair With Beaded Lizard Motif, Kenya
Located in London, GB
High-backed chairs of any form are rare in Kenya. This small elder’s chair, consisting of and a dome-shaped backrest, is supported by four legs.
The back ...
Category
19th Century Kenyan Tribal Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Beads
Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sexe Modesty Apron, Cameroon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century tribal beaded cache-sexe modesty apron (pikuran), Mandara Mountains, Cameroon
These colorful cache-sexe were worn for celebrations, rit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Beads Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Beads
Yoruba Beaded Sash, c. 1950
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricately-constructed colorful train was painstakingly created by Yoruba artisans in Nigeria in the mid-20th century. Recent designs such as this were based upon...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Beads Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Fabric, 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 on tabs.
Period: circa 1880
Origin: Sioux, Plains...
Category
1880s American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Kuba Woman's Prestige Hat (Mpaan)
Located in London, GB
In Kuba society, title holding is dominated by men; there are only two titles held by women. Headdresses were and are the most visible expression of o...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Beads Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Beads
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 s...
Category
1890s American Native American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
1930's Beaded Snuff Container. Zulu, Southern Africa
Located in London, GB
This intimately-sized 1930's Zulu snuff container has been beautifully decorated with glass beads. A circular opening features on one side, and on the other side, overlapping blue-an...
Category
1930s South African Tribal Vintage Beads Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Beads
African Urembo Beaded Vintage Necklace Choker by the Maasai Tribe Kenya
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage African Urembo beaded necklace choker.
Handmade in Kenya by the maasai tribe.
Urembo means “beauty” and the handmade pattern and unique ...
Category
Late 20th Century Kenyan Folk Art Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Mid-20th Century Beaded Neck Adornment and Apron. Pokot, Kenya
Located in London, GB
Among the Pokot, body adornments are visual signifiers of power, wealth and status within the community. Given as a gift to a new bride by her husband, this finely beaded neck adornm...
Category
Mid-20th Century Kenyan Tribal Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Northern Plains Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Northern Plains Indian beaded moccasins with buffalo hoof design. Sinew sewn on green background with greasy yellow, red and white designs. Great patina on beadwork a...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Fine Traditional Doll. Nyamwezi, Tanzania
Located in London, GB
The body consisting of a gourd in a beautiful form and decorated with a simple contrasting band of old glass beads of white, red and blue.
A piece with a wonderful form that was tra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Beads Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Nez Perce Loop Necklace and Gauntlet Panel
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pair of 19th Century man's loop necklace and finely beaded gauntlet panel. Necklace has white and green beads and leather fringe, base, and twisted co...
Category
19th Century American Antique Beads Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Beads
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