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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
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

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

Pair of German Town Indian Weaving Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These are two different patterns weaving pillows both will black linen pillows. Sold as a group of two pillows. One pillow is 16 x 16 , the larger fringe pillow is 16 x 17.
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Tarahumara Indian Beer Fermenting Pot, 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tarahumara Indian Beer Fermenting Pot Sierra Tarahumara Mountains, Chihuahua, Mexico 1970s Low fire clay. 19.50 inches H. x 24.50 inches in Diameter A large vintage example of...
Category

Late 20th Century Mexican Native American Folk Art

Materials

Clay

Signed Northwest Coast Killer Whale Mask, Attributed to Johnny Johns
Located in Denver, CO
This striking hand-carved wooden mask from the Pacific Northwest Coast powerfully embodies the rich artistic traditions and cultural symbolism of Indigenous coastal peoples. Featurin...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Bentwood

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

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

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

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 Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber, Wood

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

Silver Plated Indian Beaded Coin Purse by "Bostonia Company", circa 1903
Located in Incline Village, NV
A particularly fine quality rare and difficult to find Native American silver plated beaded coin purse, with an image of an Indian chief. The beading...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Silver Plate

Hupa/Yurok Hat Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Hupa/Yurok polychrome basketry hat with imbricated dark brown banded stripe and red geometric motifs, band below rim and at base. 3.875" H x 6.25"D. Circa 1900. Family Owned & Oper...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

Antique Acoma Pueblo Polychrome Pottery Water Canteen, 1900
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pottery Canteen Acoma 1900 6 inches Height x 5.50 inches Diameter. Clay, mineral pigments, twined fiber cordage, corn cob. A wonderful example of an antique polychrome Acoma Pueblo...
Category

Early 1900s American Antique Native American Folk Art

Materials

Other

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

Unusual 20th Century Kachina "style" Doll of a Navajo Figure with Large Hands
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Painted cottonwood Kachina "style" doll depicting a Navajo, circa 1940s. It is in good condition, with bright color. Kachina dolls were usually created to teach Hopi children the var...
Category

1940s American Vintage Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wood

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

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

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

1920s Native American Penobscot Bear Paw Snowshoes
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pair of miniature Penobscot snowshoes, decorated with red and green wool tufts. Sinew sewn. 11” x 7”, with brain-tanned thongs. Made for a child. Exceptional sinew work. Rare and col...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wood

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

Navajo Crystal Pictorial
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

Circa 1930 Vintage Navajo Chinle Rug with Banded & Diamond Geometric Motifs
Located in Denver, CO
This vintage Navajo rug, handwoven circa 1930, originates from the Chinle region of Arizona, renowned for its distinctive Southwestern textile traditions. Crafted by a skilled Diné (...
Category

1930s American Vintage Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Vintage 1930s Navajo Pictorial Rug, Airplane Design in Red, Gray, Ivory Wool
Located in Denver, CO
This striking vintage Navajo pictorial rug, woven circa 1940s during the Trading Post Era, is a rare and vibrant example of mid-20th century Southwestern textile art. Handwoven by a ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Plains Beaded Knife Sheath 1930s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beaded Knife Sheath Plains 1930s Cut glass trade beads, hide, sinew, tin cones, twisted hide, dyed horsehair. Excellent original conditio...
Category

1930s American Vintage Native American Folk Art

Materials

Other

Randy Lee White Native American Ledger Style Acrylic Painting with Assemblage
Located in Denver, CO
This striking original artwork by Randy Lee White, a contemporary Native American artist, is created in his distinctive style using acrylic on canvas. ...
Category

20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Acrylic

Alaskan Eskimo Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Lidded Alaskan Eskimo globular basket. Made of coiled beach grass, with geometric checkerboard and diamond designs. Beautiful piece, great for display or careful continued use. Early...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

Early 20th Century Navajo Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking early 20th century Navajo blanket with a bold all-over diamond pattern woven in crimson, white, gray, and black wool.
Category

1940s North American Vintage Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

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

Native American Leather Screen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Native American leather screen is beautifully made. Leather is stretched similar to a tanning rack, and hung on a wood easel. Please confirm location NY or NJ
Category

20th Century Native American Folk Art

Materials

Leather, Wood

Papago Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large monumental handled Popago basket featuring nine eagles. Period: Mid-20th century. Origin: Papago, Southwest. Size: 12" x 20". Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s Gallery deals ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Other

Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-nulth Totem by Raymond Williams
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
(1933-1988) This finely crafted wood totem pole is by Ditidaht/Nuu-Chah-Nulth master carver Raymond Williams, the father of the current generation of William's carvers. The carved totem pole features and eagle, frog, and an orca. Signed on back. Also marked "hand carved Indian made from the Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe, Seattle, WA 1899." 19"H x 5" Raymond Williams was the son of Sam Williams...
Category

1950s Canadian Vintage Native American Folk Art

Materials

Cedar

Vintage Navajo Rug, Handmade Wool Oriental Rug, Shrimp, Beige and Taupe
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

Native American Imbricated Klickitat Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Polychrome Klickitat basket by Sophie Thomas, a prominent elder and healer of the Carrier Nation, and the aunt of Neddi Jackson. From the personal col...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

Taos Pueblo Pow-Wow Drum
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Taos Puelbo pow-Wow drum. Wooden body made of hollowed out cottonwood log over which a tight drum head of animal hide is stretched. Hide has light and dark colors with criss-crossed ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Hide, Wood

Taos Pueblo Pow-Wow Drum
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Taos pueblo pow-wow drum. 23"D x 20 1/2"H. Wooden body made from a hollowed out cottonwood log, over which a tight drum head of animal hide is stretched on top and bottom. Hide is wh...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Hide, Wood

Navajo Single Saddle Weaving Collection
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Very bright Navajo single saddle with fringe. Featuring bright colors of yellow, pink, blue, black, brown, and grey with multi-colored fringe. Circa 1970s with photos of weaver and b...
Category

Late 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Eskimo Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Alaskan Eskimo lidded basket of fine weave with top knot. Tapered to shoulder and then to top. Featuring polychrome geometric designs around body and lid. Beautiful piece, great for ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

Signed Vintage Set of Zuni Turquoise and Sterling Jewelry
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Signed set of Zuni turqouise & sterling jewelry, vintage. Necklace, bracelet, ring & clip earrings. All pieces have one or more hallmarks, RLB in a fish-hook cartouche. Desk & Dresse...
Category

20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Stone, Sterling Silver

Northwest Coast Totem
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northwest Coast polychrome totem with multiple bird figures atop a turtle. Hole drilled for clamp. Well painted and carved with bright colors of red, black, blue, white, and brown on...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Papago Basketry Bowl
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Papago basketry bowl with geometric designs. Simple, but highly displayable. Would complement a handmade indigenous basketry collection or decor of a Southwestern style home. Circa 1...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

"Juan Concho" Gold Tone by Carl Moon
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
"Juan Concho" gold tone photograph signed by Carl Moon; 8" x 10". Published "In Search of the Wild Indian" by Tom Driebe on page 144. This piece is in the original frame; was displayed in Carl Moon's studio and passed to his son and daughter where purchased. A copy of the book "In Search of the Wild Indian" comes with; rare and exceptional. S OF CARL MOON 1903 to 1914 MS 285 Collection Guide Born in Wilmington, Ohio, Carl E. Moon learned his craft as an apprentice to a photography studio. He moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, opened his own studio, and made pictorial studies of Indians in the region. Between 1907 to 1914, he worked for Fred Harvey...
Category

1910s American Vintage Native American Folk Art

Materials

Other

Early-Mid 20th Century Navajo Turquoise Sterling Silver Squash Blossom Necklace
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Navajo turquoise & sterling silver squash blossom necklace, early-mid 20th century. A massive & impressive piece using superb Morenci turquoise stones with grand scale najo derived f...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Stone, Sterling Silver

Zuni Turquoise & Sterling Silver Needlepoint Squash Blossom Necklace & Earrings
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Zuni turquoise & sterling silver needlepoint squash blossom necklace & screw-back earrings by S.B. Luana, Zuni Tribe. Signed on necklace SBL. Original 1976 Silver Eagle Traders recei...
Category

1970s American Vintage Native American Folk Art

Materials

Stone, Sterling Silver

Early-mid 20th Century Zuni Turquoise & Sterling Ring
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Early-mid 20th century Zuni turquoise & sterling ring. Elegant, needlepoint work - rare & desirable. Size 6 1/2. We are a family business that has been a major source for the select...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Stone, Sterling Silver

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 Folk Art

Materials

Other

Jose Roybal San Ildefonso Pueblo Watercolor Painting, Pueblo Harvest Dance
By Jose Roybal
Located in Denver, CO
This original watercolor painting by San Ildefonso Pueblo artist Jose Roybal (1922–1978) beautifully captures the ceremonial Pueblo Harvest Dance, a celebr...
Category

1970s American Vintage Native American Folk Art

Materials

Paper

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 Antique Native American Folk Art

Materials

Cedar

Navajo Teec Nos Pos Runner
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Navajo Teec Nos Pos runner. Natural base color with red and black. Crystal design running up center with intricate geometrical design on sides. Beautiful piece for a ...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

1920s Navajo Double Saddle Blanket with Maltese Cross & Checkerboard Design
Located in Denver, CO
This early 20th-century Navajo double saddle blanket, woven circa 1920s, is a remarkable example of traditional Southwestern textile artistry. Ha...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Tsimishian Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Tsimshian lidded basket. Fine weave with geometric pictorial designs around body in colors of brown and yellow. Circular design around lid. Beautiful piece, great for...
Category

20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

Alaskan Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Alaskan lidded basket. With simple geometric checkerboard design on body and lid. Finely woven. Great for display or careful continued use. First half 20th century. S...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

Alaskan Eskimo Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Alaska Eskimo basket with lid. Red and green diamond patterns and top with knob on the lid. Nice patina, some signs of age and use. Great piece for display in a coastal cabin or hand...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

Pair of Papago Platters
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pair of Papago platters. Mid 20th Century. Figurative Papago with birds 9 1/2" x 2" and 11" x 1 1/2". Papago baskets are handcrafted of beargrass, yucca cactus (white or green) and D...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

Miniature Papago Horsehair Plaques
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Miniature horsehair Papago plaques. Exceptionally fine weave. Featuring polychrome pictorials and geometrics. Tohono O'odham; Arizona. Attributed to accompanying card: Adeline Manuel...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

Pair of Papago Basketry Dolls
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pair of Papago basketry dolls. Male and female, both with hats (one not photographed). With original sales tag “Arizona. Made by Sally Lopez at Santa Rosa Valley.” Ex. Dunning. Papag...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

Pair of Mustard and Brown Navajo Indian Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Navajo Indian weaving bolster pillows. The backing is in cotton linen and down and feather filled.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Navajo Indian Weaving Streak of Lighting Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pair of Navajo saddle blanket pillows are in good condition and have black cotton linen backings.
Category

1940s American Vintage Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Navajo Ganado Area Weaving
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Navajo Ganado area weaving. Dark red, dark gray, brown, natural, and black colors with feather design and intricate crystal design. Excellent condition, stunning color and visuals. W...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Large Hand Carved Inuit Stylized Figurative Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This handcrafted sculpture was made in Northern Canada by an Inuit artisan in circa 1970. This sculpture is a series of two stylized human figures intermixed with two representations of presumably Spirits, which has several carved faces in them. The entire sculpture is composed of hand carved and handcrafted antler, likely Caribou. This sculpture may symbolize a blessing of good fortune for an upcoming hunt. The series of four figures are each pegged on the bottom and fit into holes drilled into the base. The base is numbered on the bottom which identifies that it was registered, and also has a paper label. Due to the composition of this sculpture it may only be shipped within Canada...
Category

Late 20th Century Canadian Native American Folk Art

Materials

Antler

Vintage Classic Zuni Inlaid Ranger Buckle Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A striking example of a vintage Zuni inlaid and sterling silver ranger buckle set, circa 1970s. This is classic Zuni ranger set consists of turquoise, je...
Category

1970s American Vintage Native American Folk Art

Materials

Sterling Silver, Other

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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