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
Navajo Germantown Saddle Blanket
Located in Sharon, CT
Finely woven small blanket.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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
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
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
Lance Joseph (Squamish, Salish B. 1957) Carved & Hand Painted Figural Column
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A strongly carved Figural Column by noted Coast Salish artist, Lance Joseph Joseph was born in 1957 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This carved figural totem, larger than l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair Northwest Coast Cedar Totems
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northwest coast cedar TOTEM. Signed in pencil on back, "Susan Peters." We assume a former owner. Base is contemporary, almost matching totems. Carved o...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Mid-19th Century Choctaw Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Choctaw bandolier shot pouch from a Natchez Mississippi collection. Silk ribbon fringe at shoulder. Exceptional graphic condition. White beading on...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
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
Cheyenne Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pair of Cheyenne beaded moccasins with buffalo hoof motif. Sinew sewn. With colors of green, orange, blue, and white. Right moccasin has water damage to the sole from in period use, ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
Lakota Sioux Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Lakota Sioux moccasins with buffalo hoof motif. Red white heart beads and brain tanned hide with hard soles. Sinew sewn, soft hide. Right moccasins has a partial old collection paper...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
19th Century Cheyenne Bow and Arrows
By The Cheyennes
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Cheyenne bow and three matching arrows. All with iron trade points and blood grooves. Bow has original gut string. 1953 collection tag "Bow North Cheyenne River Agency- styles." Beau...
Category
19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Inuit Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Alaskan Inuit lidded basket of fine weave with top knot. Tapered from bottom to shoulder and then to top. Featuring geometric designs running diagonally up the piece in colors of red...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
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 Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
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
Authentic 19th Century Lakota Sioux Child's Bonnet
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Authentic and genuine 19th Century Lakota Sioux fully beaded child's bonnet. Sinew sewn with cotton calico (flour sack) lining. Made for own use. Very few made, and fewer survived. B...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Beads
Circa 1930 Vintage Navajo Chinle Rug with Banded & Diamond Geometric Motifs
By Navajo
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 Pueblo Triple Stand Turquoise Nuggets and Heishi Shell Disc Necklace
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary example of an original vintage 1950s Pueblo turquoise nugget and heishi shell disc necklace with sterling silver clasp presenting in excellent original condition.
T...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Sterling Silver
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
Native Apache Beaded Strike-a-light Pouch
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Apache beaded strike-a-light. Fully beaded both sides. Red ochre covered with double tin cone drops. Blue padre bead handle and chain drops from flap. 4" x...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
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
Salish Carved Cedar TOTEM
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Salish TOTEM depicting a human wearing a potlatch hat perched between the ears of an eagle at top, a human face in relief for the birds eyes, a small humanoid/bird figure standing at...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
$23,000
Pictorial Panamint Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Polychrome pictorial Panamint basket with stylized butterflies, very finely woven.
Period: Last quarter 19th century
Origin: Panamint
Size: 4" x 6".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Sioux Child's Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux child's moccasins. 5 1/2" brain tanned elk. Classic Sioux buffalo hoof design with yellow crosses with red faceted beads and commercial tanned elk hide.
Period: circa 1940.
Or...
Category
1940s American Vintage Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Native American Navajo Yei Weaving
By Navajo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Navajo Indian single Yei rug weaving. In great original condition. Portrays single yei figure in center with feathered arrow designs going up either side. On top and ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Papago Basketry Owl
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Papago hand woven basketry owl. Head comes off as lid. 9 1/2"H x 6 1/4"W. Attractive and well-made piece that would display nicely in a handmade indigenous basketry collection or Sou...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
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 Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Beads
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
$956 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Early 19th Century Brown and Tan Navajo Weaving Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of early brown and tan Navajo weaving pillows. These weaving pillows have the lazy lines and are in very neutral colors.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$1,516 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Feathered Pomo Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pomo bowl with geometric flower design on bottom and sides. Shell beads and quill fobs. Late 19th century. Sie: 3 3/4" x 7 1/2"
Under the name Pomo are some 30 small tribes. The tri...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Willow, Feathers
$6,325
Kwahu Eagle Kachina Terracotta Totem 78 Inches Tall
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Hopi Kwahu eagle katsina totem. Hand-molded terracotta painted with feathers, turquoise jewelry, beads, shells and other mixed media. Hospoa ro...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Lizard Mission Pictorial Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mission pictorial basket with Chuckwalla lizard motif.
Period: circa 1900
Origin: California
Size: 6" diameter x 4" height.
Family Owned & Operat...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Twig
$1,200 Sale Price
33% Off
Casas Grandes Villa Ahumada Toad Jar
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Prehistoric Casas Grandes Villa Ahumada polychrome horned toad pottery jar. Medio Period, Diablo Phase, circa 1180 to 1360 CE. A captivating creature of earth and clay, this ceramic ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Pottery
Northern Plains Porcupine Hair Roach
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northern plains purple dyed porcupine guard hair surrounded by white and blue deer tail, twisted yellow cotton centre.
Period: First quarter of the 20th century
Origin: Northern Plains
Size: 18 1/2"
Family Owned & Operated
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Headdresses, bustles and lances native american indian hair roaches headdresses...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Native America Navajo South West Style Pictorial Rug Tapestry, c. Mid 1900s
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing a vintage Native American Navajo pictorial tapestry with hand-woven images depicting life in the SW United States. Navajo and other Pueblo Peoples rugs are generally flat...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Colorful Plateau Cornhusk Native American Sally Bag
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Colorful Plateau cornhusk sally bag with geometric designs of green, blue and red linen. Canvas reinforced.
Period: First quarter of the 20th century
Origin: Plateau
Size: 6" D x 10...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Papago Pictorial Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Papago pictorial basket. Featuring four "gunfighter" pictorials around body with geometric designs around rim. Nice shape and size, well woven. Great for display in a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
$1,380
19th Century Native American Missouri War Axe
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Missouri war axe. Pewter blade with inlayed brass weeping heart on one side and crescent moon on other. Vame from an Osage family in Pahuska, Oklahoma. Spontoon style...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Pewter
Repurposed Pipe Tomahawk with Spike
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pipe tomahawk with steel spike inserted into a brass body. Heavily engraved, bowl removed during period of use and steel spike inserted. Shaft was period replaced to non-smoking comm...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Metal
19th Century Native American Ball Headed Club
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th century Native American Southeast headed ball club. With alligator effigy on handle and tail wrapping around the first half of the ball. Southern pine with handle both carved an...
Category
19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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
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
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 Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Beads
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
Hupa/Yurok Hat Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Hupa/Yurok basketry hat with imbricated dark and light brown banded stripe and geometric motifs. 3.75" H x 6.125"D.
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare, except...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
$2,530
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
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
$2,175 Sale Price
51% Off
Large Coushatta Pine Needle Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large Coushatta lidded pine needle basket with pine cone and needle décor on top. This basket is attributed to Elssa (LC). Made from longleaf pine needles native to the state stitched with raffia on the sides. The lid with rounded knob is decorated with multiple pine cones and green raffia pine needles. This beautifully shaped basket is a masterpiece with its tight weave and snugly fitting lid, hallmarks of a skilled maker. 10 1/2"D x 11 1/4"H
The Coushatta Tribe first entered documented history...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Prehistoric Casas Grandes Jar
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Casas Grandes, ca. 1100 to 1200 CE. A delightful coil-made and hand-painted pottery vessel of figural form, all enveloped in beige slip beneath red an...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
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
Alaskan Lidded Basket
By Eskimo
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Alaskan lidded basket. With beautiful green and red diamond design around body, mirrored on lid. Design with some losses. Still a highly displayable piece, great for a coastal cabin ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
$1,380
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
Papago Miniature Baskets
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Six Papago miniature baskets. Two with owls. Five of yucca and one of pine needle. Papago baskets are handcrafted of beargrass, yucca cactus (white or green) and Devil’s Claw (black)...
Category
Mid-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
$1,035
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
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
Navajo Teec Nos Pos Runner
By Navajo
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
$23,000
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
Prehistoric Casas Grandes Pottery Fish
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Chihuahua, Mogollon culture, Casas Grandes or Paquime, ca. 1130 to 1450 CE. A charming pottery vessel in the form of a fish featuring a bulbous body w...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Native American Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
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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