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Native American Objects For Sale
Ruby Zoisite Feather Bundled Buffalo Fetish by Amos Pino, 2002
By Amos Pino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Feather Bundled Buffalo Fetish
Ruby Zoisite, turquoise, spiny oyster, feathers, sinew.
Amos Pino
2002
3 inches H. x 3 inches L. x 1.5 inches W.
This buff...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Other
Native American Navajo Geometric Optical Handwoven Rug Blanket
Located in Studio City, CA
Beautiful coloring and geometric patterns for which the Navajo tribe is famed. In fantastic vintage condition. Originally acquired some 50-60 years ago and placed in storage for good keeping. Ingeniously clever design. The pattern changes when viewed horizontally and then vertically. From a large collection of Native American artifacts...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Wool
Native American Sioux Catlinite T Pipe
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...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Other
South American Cowhide & Leather Trunk
Located in New York, NY
South American Colonial (Peruvian 19th Cent) cowhide and leather floor trunk (Bataca) with a geometric strap design.
Category
19th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique Native American Objects
Materials
Cowhide, Leather
North West Coast Indian Totem Pole
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This North West Coast Indian totem pole has fantastic carving and condition. It is unsigned or dated. Found in California. This table top totem...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Adirondack Native American Objects
Materials
Wood
Large Lladro Yupik or Inuit Boy Crouched and Resting Figurine or Sculpture
By Lladro
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large hand painted porcelain figurine was made by the renowned Llladro company of Spain in circa 1985. The figurine depicts a young Inuit boy crouched with his head in his ...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Sleepy Mountains Sculpture by RD Tsosie
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gorgeous piece of native American art, namely, “Sleepy Mountains” Sculpture by RD Tsosie, made from polished agate.
By the renowned Na...
Category
20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Agate
Native American Coeur d Alene Tribe Pow Wow Drum
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Decorated Coeur d’Alene tribe Pow Wow drum. Decorated with $1 bills around outside. Comes with base used at Pow Wows. Perfect size for coffee table with o...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Wood
Chippewa Quilled Birch Bark Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Chippewa circular quilled birch bark box with fully quilled lid with three dimensional yellow star. Birch bark, quills and sweet grass.
Period: Mid-20th cent...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Other
Amazing Pictorial Pima Indian Basket W/ Lid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing pictorial Indian basket with the original lid is in fine condition.
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Native American Objects
Materials
Hemp
Doug Lafortune Sr. Salish Carved Wood and Abalone TOTEM Pole
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
72" TOTEM by Doug Lafortune. Salish TOTEM pole of a raven and beaver cedar TOTEM pole. Carved TOTEM pole with abalone and shell inlays. Carved. .72” x 9...
Category
1950s American Native American Vintage Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
1960’s Vintage Beaded Bag
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Funky lady beg beautifully made of colourful cluster of beads, with motifs of flower and leafs, on old velvet background.
This bag was not made to store any items as you see in the ...
Category
1960s Unknown Vintage Native American Objects
Materials
Velvet, Beads
Carved Tribal Mask from Pacific Northwest Coast by David Frankel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A striking carved and painted mask in the tradition of the Native Indian tribes from Pacific Northwest Coast by David Frankel in 1994. The mask...
Category
1990s American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Natural Fiber, Wood
19th Century Hand Carved Bark Canoe Bailer
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th century hand-carved bark canoe bailer from Minnesota. Fur trade era.
Period: 19th Century
Origin: Minnnesota
size: 9" x 6" x 5"
Family Owned & Oper...
Category
19th Century American Native American Antique Native American Objects
Materials
Wood
19th Century Ceremonial Indian Drum
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic early handmade bark covered drum has the original hide covering and in great condition. Has a wonderful aged patina.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Native American Objects
Materials
Wood, Leather
Beaded Paiute Native American Indian Handmade Work of Art Moccasins
Located in Tustin, CA
Very collectible, beautifully handmade Northern Paiute or Piute Native American Indian beaded moccasins feature striking contrasting colors of orange, ye...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Animal Skin, Beads
19th Century Native American Corn Husk Plateau Bag
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This very fine exceptional early 19th century native American Indian corn husk plateau bag. Fine condition with a fantastic patch repair on one side.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Native American Objects
Materials
Wool
Sioux Beaded Patriotic Doctor's Bag, Early 20th Century
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Patriotic Native American Sioux beaded doctor's bag. 62 American flags and crests. Large doctors bag; Sioux beaded. Came from a trading post in South Dakota; estimate first half 20th century, sold in the 1970's for $16,500. Bright, visual, patriotic and great condition for age (see photos). Beadwork over a vintage leather doctor's bag.
Period: 1st half 20th century
Origin: Sioux, Plains
Size: 10" x 12" x 18".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare, exceptional, and one-of-a-kind pieces that define the history of America and the Old West. Our pieces range from American Indian to Cowboy Western and include original items of everyday life, commerce, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000 square foot gallery opened in 1996 in beautiful Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Personal Service
Cisco’s operates on old fashioned values – honesty and integrity, and all of our items are backed by our money back guarantee. We appreciate the opportunity to earn your business. Whether you desire assistance with a jewelry purchase, choosing a gift, identification, or even selling – we hope to be your trusted source.
Native American beadwork native American Indian beadwork...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Leather
Navajo Yei Indian Weaving Pillows-Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of amazing Yei Indian weaving pillows with turquoise corn husk dancers. The backing is in cotton linen. Sold as a pair.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Adirondack Native American Objects
Materials
Wool
Tsonoqua/Dzunkukwa "Wild Woman of the Woods" Totem
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Tsonoqua/Dzunukwa, “The Wild Woman of the Woods,” is an important ancestor figure to the Kwakwaka’wakw people of British Columbia. A giantess that fills important cultural roles during the potlatch, she is best known as a wealth-bringing being to those who encounter her and as a creature that parents tell their children stories about to make them behave and not venture far from the village – as she is also a cannibal and has been known to snatch stray children from the woods. She is the female counterpart of the male Bak’was, the Kwakwaka’wakw “Wild Man of the Woods.” Tsonoqua is analogous to the Coast Salish Sasq’ets, better known as Sasquatch, the Nuxalk Sniniq (female) and Buks (male), the Tsimshian Ba’oosh, the Haida Gagiit, the Athabaskan Hairy Man (or Woman), and the Tlingit Tl’anaxéedáakw. She is also what a lot of folks would call Bigfoot.
This pole is carved in a Coast Salish style but shows several Kwakwaka’wakw influences, so is perhaps better termed a female Sasq’ets pole. This pole shares a lot of stylistic elements with work by the Coast Salish Horne family and was perhaps carved by one of them. The features of the face that identify this pole as a Wild Woman are the tightly squinted eyes, the prominent cheekbones, and the pursed red lips that depict her making her telltale whistling call. Large breasts are created by “split-u” formline elements on her chest, motifs which are repeated (unpainted) on her arms and legs. Her hands and appropriately large feet are rendered naturalistically, and she is depicted in a kneeling position. A very fine example of Northwest Coast carving.
Period: Last quarter 20th century
Origin: Salish
Size: 49"H x 17'W.
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare, exceptional, and one-of-a-kind pieces that define the history of America and the Old West. Our pieces range from American Indian to Cowboy Western and include original items of everyday life, commerce, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000 square foot gallery opened in 1996 in beautiful Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Personal Service
Cisco’s operates on old fashioned values – honesty and integrity, and all of our items are backed by our money back guarantee. We appreciate the opportunity to earn your business. Whether you desire assistance with a jewelry purchase, choosing a gift, identification, or even selling – we hope to be your trusted source.
Native American, Carving, Totem, Pole, Painted, Cedar, Salish Indian
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
19th Century Multi-Figure Tlingit Totem
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Complex Multifigure Tlingit Totem Pole from Sitka, Alaska. This larger red cedar model totem pole was carved by a Tlingit artist from Sitka, Alaska. The ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
Thomas B. Maracle Indigenous Canadian Mohawk Stone Carving or Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large Indigenous North American stone carving was done by Thomas B. Maracle of the Mohawk Nation in circa 1985 in his signature Indigenous Folk Art...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Stone
Yupik Yup'ik Native American Alaska Carved Polychrome Wood Anthropomorphic Mask
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic and somewhat playful mask by the Yup'ik (Yupik) aboriginal, indigenous people of South-Western & South Central Alaska. The Yup'ik people, who are related to the Inuit peoples, have a long history of ceremonial mask making. Yup'ik masks were originally and specifically designed by Shamans and made to be worn by these spiritual leaders in Winter tribal dances and sacred ceremonies. Traditionally, the masks were destroyed or discarded after use in these ceremonies. Very few of these masks survived. After Christian contact in the late 19th century, masked dancing was suppressed and the tradition all but died out. As more outsiders settled in Alaska at the turn of the century, masks were made by the Yup'ik people to sell or trade for necessary goods. It is likely that this mask was created some years later for this purpose.
In the 20th century, Yup'ik mask had a profound influence on many renowned surrealist artists including, Max Ernst, Joan Miro, Leonora Carrington, Victor Brauner, and most notably Andre Breton who was an avid collector of Yup'ik masks.
This fantastic anthropomorphic mask is carved of lighter wood, hand painted and decorated with pigment, and held together with natural fiber. The mask seems to represent some sort of smiling, benevolent spirit or character with its four eyes, bird beak, and cat-like ears.
The mask is from a French collection. We were told that this mask, as well as others in the collection we have listed, was acquired originally in the 1950s-1960s in Alaska and the Yukon territory in Canada but as we have no way to verify or authenticate this. Please note we are listing the masks as decorative and not as actual tribal artifacts...
Category
20th Century American Native American Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint, Natural Fiber
10 x Native American Indian Territory Handcraft, Limited Edition, Sioux, Navajo
Located in Berlin, DE
10 x originally designed American Indian Territory Handcraft, limited edition
Collection of 10 important, detailed handcrafted Indian relics, artifacts.
1 x crazy horse, limited edition of 100, showcase 107cm x 35.5cm x 10.5cm
2 x Sioux war paint...
Category
20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Wood
Circa 1900 Native American Yokut Polychrome Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Yokut polychrome feast basket woven with sedge root, mud dyed bracken fern and redwood. Diamond bands with three "quivers".
First quarter 20th Century
10 1/2" wide x...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Other
1880s Panamint Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Very finely woven Panamint lidded basket having four eagles and diamond motif on lid. 4" diameter x 3" height
Period: Last quarter of the 19th century
...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Native American Objects
Materials
Other
Chancay Large Standing Female Cuchimilco
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Cream slip pottery, classical type large standing female figure with arms raised. Dark chocolate painted details, geometric decorated headband. Scattered mineral deposits on the surface. Repaired from approximately twenty original pieces with restoration over the break lines.
Provenance: Private Danish...
Category
15th Century and Earlier South American Antique Native American Objects
Materials
Pottery
Large Lladro Yupik or Inuit Boy and Girl Affectionately Embracing Figurine
By Lladro
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large hand painted porcelain figurine was made by the renowned Llladro company of Spain in circa 1985. The figurine depicts a young Inuit boy and girl affectionately embrac...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Hopi Mudheads and Kacharis Red Ribbon Prize
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mudhead and Kacharis by Lomayo Kanaya Hopi, second prize, Gallup Intertribal Indian Ceremonial 2005. Three Kacharis in balloon basket with mudhead ballo...
Category
Early 2000s American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Pottery
Large Lladro Yupik or Inuit Girl Sitting Cross Legged Figurine or Sculpture
By Lladro
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large hand painted porcelain figurine was made by the renowned Llladro company of Spain in approximately 1985. The figurine depicts a young Inuit girl seated cross legged w...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Geometric Navajo Indian Weaving Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Geometric Navajo Indian weaving pillows in good condition. Brown cotton linen pillows. Sold as a pair.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Adirondack Native American Objects
Materials
Wool
Hide Painting of Chief Red Cloud by Louis Shipshee
By Louis Shipshee
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
(1896-1975) Portrait painting of Chief Red Cloud Sioux by Louis Shipshee on hide mounted on board. Very nice painting by a great artist.
Period: Mid ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Objects
Materials
Hide
Mexican / American Indian Bird Weaving Pillows, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mexican Indian weaving pillows with black linen backings. In very good condition. Sold as a pair.
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Native American Objects
Materials
Wool
Panamint Shouldered Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Panamint shouldered basket with three butterflies. 7 1/2" x 5"
Period: First quarter 20th century
Origin: Panamint
Size: 7 1/2" x 5".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deal...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Other
Yea Navajo Indian Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large neutral Yea- Navajo weaving is in fine condition. It is in unusual colors.
Category
Early 20th Century American Navajo Native American Objects
Materials
Wool
Massive Pair Native Salish Carved Totems
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Matched pair of Salish Native American totem poles. Both identical. Carved as a thunderbird with spread rings separately carved and attached perched on the head of a human over a sea...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
19th Century Native Pomo Hanging Gift Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Very nice Pomo hanging gift basket with three rod construction. Fully feathered, embellished with shell discs and abalone drops. This is a beautiful feathered "night" basket. The des...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Native American Objects
Materials
Other
Monumental Makah TOTEM by Young Doctor 108"H
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Makah TOTEM by Young Doctor (1851-1934). Neah Bay, Washington. This monumental pole is a significant piece of Northwest Coast art and Seattle history that was previously owned by Joseph Edward “Daddy” Standley, the founder of the iconic Ye Olde Curiosity Shop in Seattle, Washington. The pole was displayed for years on the grounds of Standley’s “TOTEM Place” estate in West Seattle, across the bay from his iconic ethnographic art and curio shop on the Seattle Waterfront. So popular amongst tourists was the TOTEM Place estate grounds, that the Southwest Seattle Historical Society has stated that “for decades... it was a place where tour buses stopped, and flashbulbs popped. It probably was the most gawked-at, talked-about residence in West Seattle.”
This pole was even featured in situ at Standley’s West Seattle home on a postcard that was sold to visitors through Ye Olde Curiosity Shop. While there are multitudes of model poles and other artifacts available to collectors that were sold as souvenirs from Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, objects that were actually owned by Standley are virtually unknown in the art market. The vast majority of objects that Standley esteemed and considered his private collection have remained with his family and descendants and are on permanent display in the store.
Among the objects owned by Standley to make their way into the Smithsonian was a Spirit Canoe sculpture by Makah master carver Young Doctor (1851-1934), the likely carver of this pole. It would appear that Standley and Young Doctor had a good working relationship as a number of pieces, including this TOTEM, an elaborate transformation mask, the aforementioned Spirit Canoe model at NMAI, and a full model set of a Makah whaling crew and canoe were made for Standley by the artist. This large-scale TOTEM pole is an exceptional example of turn-of-the-20th-century Northwest Coast carving...
Category
Early 1900s American Native American Antique Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
Ute Sheep Horn Spoon, circa 1870
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Ute sheep horn spoon with old tag “Ute, Pine River, Battle, Ex. Cottchall Collection. Collected 1870.” Brain tanned with blue and white beading on top.
Per...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Native American Objects
Materials
Horn
Circa 1900 Panamint Polychrome Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Panamint rectangular, finely woven, polychrome negative basket with geometric design, sides and bottom.
Period: Circa 1900
Origin: Panamint
Size: 6" x 4" x 2 1/2"
Family Owned & ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Other
19th Century Large Oval Papago Indian Basket
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine papago Indian weaving basket isin good condition with minor wear on the top trim area in two spots. See pics. This is quite unusual the oval shape.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Native American Objects
Materials
Hemp
Dana Claxton Fringing the Cube, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Dana Claxton: Fringing the Cube by Grant Arnold, Monika Kin Gagnon and Olivia Michiko Gagnon. Figure 1 Publishing, Vancouver, 2019. 1st Ed hardcover. Know...
Category
2010s Canadian Native American Objects
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Other
Yupik Yup'ik Native American Alaska Polychrome Wood Anthropomorphic Spirit Mask
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic mask by the Yup'ik (Yupik) aboriginal, indigenous people of South-Western & South Central Alaska. The Yup'ik people, who are related to the Inuit peoples, have a long his...
Category
20th Century American Native American Objects
Materials
Natural Fiber, Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Child's Painted Wood Kachina Doll
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This is an excellent replica of a 19th century child's kachina Doll with a flat, wood tableta headdress and concave back. It is made of cotton wood and hand painted with a textured p...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Wood
Multi-Figure 7 Foot Nuu-chah-nulth TOTEM
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
This large pole was “donated to a church on the northern tip of Vancouver Island for a fundraiser” sometime around 1905. The pole is carved in a folk-art style that is correct for the period. The imagery on this pole is quite fascinating and includes a large bird whose wings form the face of a composite creature holding what appears to be a whale or fish. Below that is what appears to be a Sisiutl, or three-headed sea serpent. Under the Sisiutl is a pair of animal heads flanking the pole, perhaps wolves, over a colonial bald eagle. This pole is a large and early Nuu-chah-nulth totem carving...
Category
Early 1900s American Native American Antique Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
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 car...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Native American North West Coast Eagle Comb
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century Native American North West Coast Eagle Comb
The eagle has a frog in its claws which is “holding” a whale. Carved with classic Nort...
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Other Native American Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair of Nuu-Chah-Nulth Model Totems
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
This matched pair of Nuu-chah-nulth model poles each feature thunderbirds, wolves, lightning snakes and eagles. The poles are nearly identical and vary only in minute details and color choices. The thunderbirds...
Category
1920s Canadian Native American Vintage Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
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. ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Native American Objects
Materials
Other
Yupik Yup'ik Native American Alaska Carved Polychrome Wood Anthropomorphic Mask
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic and somewhat grotesquely strange mask by the Yup'ik (Yupik) aboriginal, indigenous people of South-Western & South Central Alaska. The Yup'ik people, who are related to t...
Category
20th Century American Native American Objects
Materials
Natural Fiber, Wood, Paint
Chancay Large Standing Female Cuchimilco
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Large standing female figure with raised arms. Relief facial features, with red-orange and chocolate brown painted decoration, on a cream slip ground. Crossed straps on her chest, an...
Category
15th Century and Earlier South American Antique Native American Objects
Materials
Pottery
Native American Cactus Ceremonial Rain Rattle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20th century cactus rain rattle for ceremonial rain dance. Used in making special dances as well. In very good condition.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Native American Objects
Materials
Wood
Yupik Yup'ik Native American Alaska Carved Polychrome Wood Anthropomorphic Mask
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic mask by the Yup'ik (Yupik) aboriginal, indigenous people of South-Western and South Central Alaska. The Yup'ik people, who are related to the Inuit peoples, have a long history of ceremonial mask making. Yup'ik masks were originally and specifically designed by Shamans and made to be worn by these spiritual leaders in winter tribal dances and sacred ceremonies. Traditionally, the masks were destroyed or discarded after use in these ceremonies. Very few of these masks survived. After Christian contact in the late 19th century, masked dancing was suppressed and the tradition all but died out. As more outsiders settled in Alaska at the turn of the century, masks were made by the Yup'ik people to sell or trade for necessary goods. It is likely that this mask was created some years later for this purpose.
In the 20th century, Yup'ik mask had a profound influence on many renowned surrealist artists including, Max Ernst, Joan Miro, Leonora Carrington, Victor Brauner, and most notably Andre Breton who was an avid collector of Yup'ik masks.
This fantastic anthropomorphic mask is carved of lighter wood, hand painted and decorated with pigment, and held together with natural fiber. A native bird can see seen attached to the smiling figure's chin.
The mask is from a French collection. We were told that this mask, as well as others in the collection we have listed, was acquired originally in the 1950s-1960s in Alaska and the Yukon territory in Canada but as we have no way to verify or authenticate this. Please note we are listing the masks as decorative and not as actual tribal artifacts...
Category
20th Century American Native American Objects
Materials
Natural Fiber, Wood, Paint
Roach Headdress, Antique Native American, Plains Indian, 19th Century
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...
Category
19th Century American Native American Antique Native American Objects
Materials
Fur
Chancay Large Standing Female Figure
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Cream slip pottery, large standing female figure with arms raised. Nicely painted red and chocolate-brown face, with a finely detail geometric headband. Scattered mineral deposits on...
Category
15th Century and Earlier South American Antique Native American Objects
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Nuu-chah-nulth Model Totems
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
This pair of colorful larger Nuu-chah-nulth model totem poles were likely made for a curio shop in Seattle or Victoria sometime around 1915. The poles...
Category
1910s Canadian Native American Vintage Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
1940s Folk Art Wire with Slatted Wood Lidded Box or Storage Trunk
Located in Ferndale, MI
Slats of wood connected by twisted wire for the box part of this trunk. Larger boards make up the top.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Native American Objects
Materials
Wire, Sheet Metal
Antique and Vintage Native American Objects
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.
Find a diverse collection of colorful and culturally enriching antique and vintage Native American decorative items, objects and much more on 1stDibs.
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