Native American Folk Art
NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE
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.
Find a collection of Native American living room furniture, folk art, rugs and carpets, decorative objects and other items on 1stDibs.
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Style: Native American
Period: 20th Century
Apache Basketry Tray with 12 Point Star Design, 1900
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Apache basketry tray with 12 point star design
1900
Willow and Devil's claw
Measures: 2.50 inches Height. x 10 inches in Diameter
An excellent e...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Willow
Navajo Picture Writing on Muslin, Four Corn Maidens with Four Lizard Guardians
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unknown
Navajo picture writing on muslin
Four corn maidens with four lizard guardians
Muslin, mineral pigments, sand.
Navajo Medicine Man active 1947 -...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
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...
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Native American Black Santa Clara Pueblo Pot by Frances Chavarria
By Santa Clara
Located in Topeka, KS
Dynamic vintage Native American black Santa Clara Pueblo pot by Frances M Chavarria. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. We have found no chips, cracks, or chiggers. Please see photos and zoom in for details. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, 1930-1990.
Simple, Sophisticated, and Absolutely Stunning!!! Just a few words to describe this GORGEOUS Native American pot by Frances Chavarria one of the famous Santa Clara Pueblo Potters. It has a lovely urn shape frame bearing a grooved rim around the top and intricately carved designs similar to lightning bolts vertically on the sides of the body. It is hand made with elite pottery skills by Frances Chavarria and special techniques distinctive to Santa Clara Pueblo Pottery...
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Circa 1900 Pair of Northwest Coast Totems
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Matching pair of Northwest Coast carved model totem poles. Polychrome decorated with carved humanoid and bird figures. Each twice signed "Betty Sanners" back and bottom. Provenance Hudson Bay Fur Company, Seattle, Washington. 29"H
Period: Early 20th century
Origin: Northwest Coast
Size: 29" base 4 1/2 x 3 1/2
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
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Category
Early 1900s American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
$10,350 / set
Early Navajo Indian Weaving Star Dazzler Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early Navajo Indian Weaving Star Dazzler Bolster pillow. Camel Suede Backing and zippered sham. Feather and down insert.
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Zabihi Collection Antique American Navajo Tribal Rug
Located in New York, NY
A highly decorative 20th-century American Navajo rug with a geometric tribal design
Measures: 3'2'' x 4'10''.
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Lillooet Lidded Storage Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Lillooet lidded storage basket with polychrome imbricated design. Pedestal style. Traded for food in Washington, 5 miles from the Canadian border...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Zabihi Collection American Navajo Ivory Yellow Tribal Rug
Located in New York, NY
A highly decorative 20th-century American Navajo rug. Ivory, Yelow, and browns
Measures: 3'1'' x 4'11''.
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Beautiful Navajo Eye Dazzler Geometric Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Navajo Eye Dazzler geometric bolster pillow. This pillow has a nice texture backing and has a zippered casing. Feather and Down Insert.
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Down, Feathers
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Yei Navajo Indian Weaving Large Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Navajo Indian weaving Yei pillow with cotton linen pillow.This large pillow is down & feather fill.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Native American Navajo Handwoven Wool Geometric Rug Mat
Located in Studio City, CA
A nicely woven wool mat/rug in a geometric pattern which the Navajo tribe is famed for. In fantastic vintage condition. Originally acquired some years ago and placed in storage for good keeping. From a large collection of Native American artifacts...
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Painted Wood Hopi Kachina Figure
Located in Bradenton, FL
Hopi Katsina figures (Hopi language: tithu or katsintithu), also known as Kachina dolls, are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to instruct young girls an...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Decorative Tribal Kilim Pillow with an Eagle Sitting on a Field of Red
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Pillow made of heavy woven threat / yarn in a field of red with a Bird or Eagle being represented on the top. The Pillow is great as a small accent pillow on a bench of with other...
Category
20th Century Native American Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Yarn
Yeibechei Navajo Indian Weaving Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This weaving is in great condition and has a dark brown cotton linen. This weaving is in suddle colors.
This item is 28" x 24" x 8".
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Navajo Yei Handwoven Wool Rug, American Southwest, 20th Century
By Navajo
Located in Morristown, NJ
Navajo Yei Handwoven Wool Rug, American Southwest, 20th Century
Description:
A vibrant and finely handwoven Navajo Yei rug, originating from the American Southwest, likely mid-20th ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Pair of 1930s Tlingit Totems
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Tlingit culture is divided into two moieties, or groups: Eagles and Ravens. These groups, also called clans, are exogamous – which means they marry out to the other group – and are m...
Category
1930s American Vintage Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
$8,250 / set
Maidu Cone Burden Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Maidu California twined cone burden basket. Good original condition. With hourglass geometric shapes around body. Beautiful piece for display in a Southwestern style home. Early 20th...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
$2,300
Zabihi Collection Antique American Navajo Tribal Rug
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th Century American Navajo tribal blanket weaving. T
Details
rug no. j3922
size 2'11'' x 4' 6"
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Ron Aleck Carved Wood Plaque, Pacific North West Coast, 20th Century
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Ron Aleck Wood Carving Plaque, Pacific North West Coast, 20th Century. Signed to the back.
Category
20th Century Canadian Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$576 Sale Price
53% Off
Vibrant Double T's Navajo Indian Weaving Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a real good and very unusual double T's Navajo Indian weaving pillow. The vibrant cherry red and brown weaving is in wonderful condition. The backing is in a chocolate brown ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Extra Large Navajo Ganado/Floor Weaving
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large Navajo Ganado with "X" design; trunk piece. 7'4" x 10'5". Beautiful, bright and straight. Very little if any wear.
Origin: Navajo, Southwest
Peri...
Category
1950s American Vintage Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Painted Wood Hopi Katsina Kachina Figure '#1'
Located in Bradenton, FL
Hopi katsina figures (Hopi language: tithu or katsintithu), also known as kachina dolls, are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to instruct young girls an...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Native American Rawhide Pom Pom Snowshoes, Late 19th-Early 20th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A great set of Native American Indian pom pom snowshoes with the traditional bent wood form with woven rawhide feet supports.
From a larger collection of Native American artifacts...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
Mammoth Tarahumara Indian Beer Fermenting Pot with Exquisite Fire Clouds Pattern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tarahumara Indian beer fermenting pot.
Sierra Tarahumara mountains, Chihuahua, Mexico.
1920s.
Low fire clay.
Measures: 21.50 inches height. x 26.50 inches in diameter.
An earl...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Native American Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Native Nootka Totem by Rick Williams, 2 Foot
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Rick Williams (Nootka / Nuu-chah-nulth, b. 1955). 2 Foot Red Cedar Seattle Pole" painted wood sculpture hand carved by Rick Williams and signed with titl...
Category
20th Century Canadian Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Indigenous Southwest Native American Indian Navajo Handwoven Rug Blanket
Located in Studio City, CA
A nicely made, handwoven Native American Navajo green, beige and brown rug/blanket
Would be a nice addition to your Native American collection or make for an eye-catching accent pie...
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Navajo Indian Weaving Streak of Lighting Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These fantastic and detailed weaving pillows are in great as found condition. We are selling them in pairs at 950 a pair. The backings are in brown and tan cotton linen.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,895 / set
Mid 20th Century Pueblo Original Paint Decorated Drum
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic rarity is in all original painted surface with the original handmade drum stick attached. The top of the drum has a painted eagle (Possibly added later) and the base h...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Leather
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Simon Charlie 9 Foot "Pole of Wealth" TOTEM
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Simon Charlie "pole of wealth". Carved in Duncan, BC 1958 for Patrick Pryor who is in the timber business. Compared to the "pole of wealth" in Duncan, BC, you will see Simon's fingerprints. The adzed marks on the bear are identical to this totem. Also, the happy and sad faces are almost identical including their orientation left and right. This pole was carved by Simon in 1988. He used happy and sad faces in some of his work to notate good times and bad times. 9'2"H x 20" at base. Charlie was trained by famous Kwakwaka'wakw totem artist Henry Hunt, at the Provincial Museum of British Columbia, but though as Hunt he carved Totem poles, which was not traditionally used by the Coast Salish...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Maria Martinez San Ildefonso Blackware Jar, circa 1930, Black on Black Pottery
Located in Denver, CO
This exceptional blackware jar, created by renowned San Ildefonso Pueblo potter Maria Poveka Martinez (1887-1980), is a striking piece of Native American ...
Category
1930s American Vintage Native American Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
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 Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Inuit Indigenous Native American Eskimo Signed Stone Carved Walrus Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful soapstone carving of a walrus by the indigenous Inuit People who inhabit parts of the arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska.
Signed ("E.Y.") and numbered/dat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Native American Folk Art
Materials
Soapstone
Indian Weaving Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Indian weaving pillow. Zippered sham. Feather and down insert.
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Navajo Carpet, Folk Rug, Handmade Wool Rug, Beige, Gray, Brown
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the four corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly rega...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$5,999 Sale Price
25% Off
Navajo Saddle Blanket Pillows, Set of Three
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This set of three Navajo saddle blanket pillows are all from one saddle blanket.
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Linen, Wool
$1,356 Sale Price
20% Off
Hand Carved Folk Art Soapstone Indian
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand Carved Folk Art soapstone Indian.
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Soapstone
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Fantastic Large Mexican Indian Weaving Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Mexican Indian Weaving Pillow. This Pillow is beautiful. Nice Quality Linen Backing and zippered casing. Feather and down Insert.
Category
20th Century Mexican Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Hand-Carved Tlingit Totem Pole
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Tlingit hand-carved totem with wings painted in a Norwegian style. Marked on back Maria Pease IV, Tlingit with Norgwegian influence. Three-figure totem, finely carved and painted, fe...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Alaskan Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Alaskan lidded basket. Some missing imbricated on lid. Geometric designs on body and lid with braided loop handle. Beautiful and functional piece, great for display or careful contin...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
$1,035
Southwestern Native American Signed Hopi Kachina Katsina Doll in Display Case
Located in Studio City, CA
Nicely made and displayed. Signed by the artist on the base.
Kachina figures are believed to act as messengers between humans and the spirit world.
Would be a great addition to any...
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Eskimo Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Alaskan Eskimo lidded basket with top knot of very fine weave. Tapered from bottom. Featuring semi-faded colored geometric designs on body. Great for display or careful continued use...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Native American Commanche Decorative Ceramic Trinket Dish by Clyde L. Otipoby
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A one-of-a-kind hand-made ceramic trinket dish by Native American artist Clyde L. Otipoby. At first glance, this piece reminded us of an oyster. I...
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Felt, Paint
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
1930s Navajo Ganado Pictorial Rug with Bow and Arrow, Hubbell Trading Post
By Navajo
Located in Denver, CO
This exceptional vintage Navajo rug, woven in the 1930s, is a rare and striking example of Ganado pictorial weaving. Handwoven by a Diné (Navajo) art...
Category
1930s American Vintage Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Paqua First Frogwoman Naha 1890-1955 Hopi Bowl
By Frogwoman
Located in Sharon, CT
Important early signed Hopi Bowl by 'First Frogwoman'.
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
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 Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
Monumental Early Navajo Saddle Blanket Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early striped Navajo weaving bolster pillow has unusual saw tooth pattern in corners. The back is a dark chocolate cotton linen backing. The condition is very good with down and...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Linen
Antique American Navajo Ivory Tribal Rug
Located in New York, NY
A highly decorative 20th-century American Navajo rug with a geometric tribal design with pink, cream ,camel and brown accents
Measures: 3'5'' x 6'2''.
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Benjamin Mansfield Native American Hopi Silvercrafts Guild Silver Small Fork
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, signed Native American silver small fork.
By the Hopi silversmith, Benjamin Mansfield.
In sterling silver.
With inlaid black geometric decoratio...
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Navajo Crystal Pictorial
By Navajo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Navajo Crystal pictorial. A wonderful story textile with numerous Native / Navajo standing, mounting and riding figures, lizards, arrows, bows, and a three-panel progression of a rid...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$25,000
Alaskan Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Alaskan lidded basket. Featuring geometric butterfly and checkerboard designs around body in lid done in purple and red. Great piece for display or careful continued ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Indigenous American West Coast Haida Styled Carved & Polychrome Painted Totem
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This folk art carved and polychrome painted totem pole is signed by an unknown artist and originated from the United States and dates to 1985 and d...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Indigenous Styled Large Handwoven Bird Beak Fancy Lidded Basket
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Indigenous styled lidded basket is presumed to have been made in the United States in circa mid-late 20th century. The maker of the this basket is unknown, but done in the style...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Reed, Softwood
Early Navajo Star Dazzler Indian Weaning Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early Navajo Star Dazzler Indian Weaning Bolster Pillow. Camel Suede Backing and zippered sham. Feather and Down Inserts.
18 x 31
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Native American Papago Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Papago basketry effigy bowl/jar with stylized quadrupeds and minor decoration around rim. Papago baskets are handcrafted of beargrass, yucca cactus (white or green) and Devil’s Claw ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Navajo Eye Dazzler Indian Weaving Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Navajo eye dazzler Indian weaving pillow. Feather and down insert and zippered insert.
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Polychrome Papogo Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Polychrome Papago basket. Having six large eagles around body of basket with chevron designs interspersed. 15" x 18". Estimate 1930's. Note bottom and rim wear from use as a wastebas...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
$6,900
Navajo Indian Weaving Eye Dazzler Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Navajo Indian weaving eye dazzler bolster pillow. Zippered sham. Feather and down insert.
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Grey Wolf Kachina Doll Hand Carved Signed by Artist
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully detailed and decorated wolf figure Kachina doll with fur.
Signed by the artist on the base.
From a collection of Native American objects an...
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Fur, Leather, Wood, Paint
Mexican Indian Tree of Life Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pillow was constructed from a Navajo Tree of Life weaving from the Cedar Ridge area in the northern part of the Navajo Nation and dates to the 1940s. Pictured in this weaving ar...
Category
1940s American Vintage Native American Folk Art
Materials
Down, Linen, Wool
$476 Sale Price
46% Off
Native American folk art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Native American folk art for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage folk art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wool and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Native American folk art made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Canada pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original folk art, popular names associated with this style include Native American Art, Navajo, Plateau Indians, and Navajo Indian Art. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for folk art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $90 and tops out at $75,000 while the average work can sell for $1,798.
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