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Native American Furniture

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: 19th Century
19th Century Northern Plains War Club
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northern Plains war club with stylized stone buffalo head. Raw hide wrapped adorned with brass tacks. Much patina from use, blood, grease and sweat. Mu...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Other

Sioux Brain Tanned and Beaded Work Bag
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Hidatsa Sioux work bag from Fort Berthold, North Dakota. Properly referred to as a woman's work bag that was used for holding sewing materials, sinew, awls and beads. Sinew sewn on brain tanned...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Hide

Central Plains Warriors Breastplate/Necklace
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Central plains warrior's otter skin breastplate/necklace with hand carved and painted deer antlers simulating grizzly claws. Venetian beads strung in be...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Other

19th Century Northern Plains Spontoon Pipe Tomahawk
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northern Plains spontoon style pipe tomahawk with solid brass head, carved and file burnt and painted original haft. Period: 19th century Origin: Northern Plains Size: Head 11 1/2",...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Iron

Pawnee Pipe Tomahawk, circa 1850-1870
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pawnee pipe tomahawk. File burnt and tacked with remnants of yellow paint over entire shaft. Exhibited in the Wichita Falls Museum 1967, Maryland Academy of Art and Science 1969, Flo...
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1850s American Antique Native American Furniture

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Iron

19th Century Eastern Ball Headed Club
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Eastern ball headed war club of native walnut with carved face having square nailed spike set in lead. Ex. Norm Johnson Estate. Period: Mid-19th ce...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Wood

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...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Other

Northern Plains Parfleche Bonnet Case
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northern Plains parfleche bonnet case with original long fringe. Old smoke from the teepee. Period: circa 1870 Origin: Northern Plains Size: Case 19" ...
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1870s American Antique Native American Furniture

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Hide

19th Century Northern Plains Gun Stock Club
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Gunstock club with carved and painted feather carvings at top, lines with red paint, 4" blade, original trade point. A real weapon of tiger maple. Except...
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19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Maple

Painted Plains Bow
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th century painted plains bow with original string and ten matching arrows. Original steel points 2 1/2" - 4". Ex. Fruitland Museum. Ex. Peter Hawkin. Pe...
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19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Other

Geometric Navajo Indian Weaving Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a very simple geometric pattern Indian weaving bolster pillow. The backing is a black cotton linen. The condition is very good.
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Wool

19th Century American Navajo Transitional Period - Beeldlei Carpet
Located in New York, NY
This piece clearly shows the transition between blankets and rugs. The blankets, woven up until the early 20th century, show, as here, no lateral borders, and a lighter, wearable han...
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1890s American Antique Native American Furniture

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Wool

19th Century Native Sioux Beaded War Shirt
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th century Sioux war shirt of brain tanned buffalo with red ochre quill wrapped hair locks. Bead strips have stylized buffalo heads, pipes and teepees. Nice patina from use inside and out. The pipes are a great icon and make us believe that the warrior it was made for must have been an important individual in his tribe. It is hard to determine tribal attribution, possibly as far west as Fort Peck Yankton Sioux...
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19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Hide

19th Century Native American Crow Beaded Saddle
By Crow
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Genuine crow saddle with brain tanned deer hide. Original beaded horns and drops. Original wood and hide stirrups with drops connected with saddle leather st...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Other

Mid-19th Century Metis Cree Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Metis Cree bandolier with classic beading on red Stroud with white bead edging and black silk ribbon border. Period: Mid-19th century Origin: Metis Cree Si...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Other

Native Kiowa 19th Century Pictorial Child's Teepee
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Child's teepee depicting highly graphic battle scene painted on brain tanned deer skin. This piece was acquired from Wilma Silvey, age 89, in 2005, white woman, was handed down through her husband's family, Joseph Silvey (Silverfish). His father was "Long Hair Hanging" (Kiowa Comanche) and his mother...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Other

19th Century Native American Hidatsa Arikara Medicine Shirt
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Hidatsa Arikara medicine shirt worn by a warrior who deserved honors, pre-reservation. Horseshoes represent successful horse raids, and the six quilled eagle feathers signify war coups, scalps or battles. Would note, four real scalps possibly moved over from an earlier war shirt...
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19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Hide

Tlingit Rattle Top Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Bright colored Tlingit lidded rattle top basket. Exceptional condition. One small stain not distracting. Period: Last quarter of the 19th century Origin: Alaska Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Reed

19th Century Native American Crow Woman's Saddle
By Crow
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Wood and Horn frame wrapped in rawhide with wooden stirrups. Original harness leather stitching complete with buffalo hide seat pad. Brain tanned bands attac...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Horn

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...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Horn

1880s Navajo Pictorial Germantown Weaving
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Navajo pictorial Germantown with arrows, whirling logs and either "S's", "5s" or "2s". A few minor stains but not distracting. 5'4" x 7'2". Great conditio...
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1880s American Antique Native American Furniture

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Wool

Cheyenne Native American Dress
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pre-reservation Cheyenne dress. Hand-sewn, pieced together; blue trade cloth, ribbon-like edging, cowry shell cape on both sides. This piece without any restoration. Hard to find thi...
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1870s American Antique Native American Furniture

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Shell

Late 19th Century American Navajo Germantown Carpet ( 4' x 6' - 122 x 183 )
Located in New York, NY
A crisp orangey-red field displays a central column of six side-pinched lozenges and en suite half side columns. A raspberry red fills the secondary spiky elements. A medium blue is ...
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1890s American Antique Native American Furniture

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Wool

Navajo Germantown Saddle Blanket
Located in Sharon, CT
Finely woven small blanket.
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Wool

Germantown Moki Blanket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Germantown Moki blanket with spider woman crosses. Exceptional collector piece. 5'1" x 6'11" Period: Late 19th Century Origin: Southwest - Navajo, Na...
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1890s American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Wool

Lacquered Native American Warrior
Located in New York, NY
American lacquered metal figure of Native American warrior with shield & bow holding horn on a naturalistically cast circular base (likely mad...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Metal

19th Century Transitional Period Navajo Carpet ( 4'4" x 7'2' - 132 x 218 )
Located in New York, NY
Orangy-red dominates this 19th century Southwestern rustic scatter in the style of the Classic Style blankets of the 1870s. Zig-zags, single or doubled, alternate in panels with bloc...
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1890s American Antique Native American Furniture

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Wool

Crow Beaded Knife Sheath, Antique Native American , Plains Indian, circa 1870
By Crow
Located in Denver, CO
A Classic Period (Pre-Reservation era) knife sheath created circa 1870 by a Crow (Plains Indian/Native American) artist. Constructed of Native tanned hid...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Hide

Large Fine Apache Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Apache large finely coiled basket having a continuous diamond/floral design. Period: Last quarter of the 19th century Origin: Apache Size: 15" D x 3" H....
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Other

Pueblo Indian Drum
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Polychrome Pueblo drum. From a private New York State historical society. Period: Last quarter of the 19th century. Origin: New York Size: 6" D x 6" H ...
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19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Hide

Southern Plains Pony Bow
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Southern Plains decorated pony bow. Buffalo hide, beads and red ochre. Original string of twisted horse hair. Period: Mid-19th century Origin: Southe...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Other

Native American Maidu Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Maidu bowl with continuous quail top knot design on sides. 1/2" stair step on bottom and fully ticked rim. Period: Last quarter 19th Century Origin: Mai...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Other

Sioux Catlinite Horse Pipe
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux stylized catlinite horse pipe with saddle. Has been smoked. Neat collector piece. Origin: Sioux Size: 8" L x 3" H x 3/4" W.  Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s Gallery deals in ...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Other

Beautiful 19th Century Apache Figurative Olla Shaped Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Apache olla; 20"W x 22"H. Designs of lightning, arrowheads, female figures and whirling logs. Nice tight weave. 19th century. Absolutely beautiful, great c...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Other

Very Early Pair of Beaded Moccasins, Prairie "Woodlands", circa 1850
Located in Denver, CO
A rare early pair of Classic Period (Pre-Reservation era) soft-soled moccasins. Constructed of native tanned hide and exquisitely beaded with trade beads. The cuffs are adorned in ri...
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19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Hide

Authentic Native American Beaded Sioux Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Stunning Sioux moccasins, beaded, primarily in blue and white, with flag motif and horse hair tuffs on tabs. Period: circa 1880 Origin: Sioux, Plains...
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1880s American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Beads

Native American Sioux Authentic Ceremonial Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux Ceremonial moccasins, with fully beaded soles. Period: circa 1880 Origin: Sioux, Plains Size: 10 1/4" x 4". Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare, excep...
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1880s American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Beads

Extremely Tight 19th Century Mono Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Extremely tight Mono basket with double band of V-decoration. This one hard like cast iron. Was used for cooking. Period: Last half 19th century Origin: Mono Size: 5" x 10". Family...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Other

19th Century Mission Pictorial Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Polychrome Mission pictorial basket with eagles and highly geometric bottom. Finely woven. Shows little if any use. Period: Last quarter of the 19th...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Other

Native Sioux Quilled Council Pipe
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th Century Native American Sioux quilled and file-burnt stem with highly polished T bowl. Period: 19th century Origin: Sioux Size: 8" x 4 1/2", 36" ...
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1870s Antique Native American Furniture

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Other

Jicarilla Lidded Storage Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Jicarilla-Mescale storage/waste basket with lid and handles. Used but stable condition. Fading outside, original design and colors seen on inside...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Other

Panamint Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Finely woven polychrome Panamint. With original collection tags. Albert Davis collection, Supt. Skidoo Mines, 1870-1890. Period: Last quarter of the 19th century. Origin: Nevada S...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Other

Maidu Basketry Gambling Cup
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Maidu basketry gambling cup. Finely woven with stair step geometric design and humaoid figures. Period: Last quater of the 19th century Origin: California Size: 4 1/2" x 5". Fami...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Reed

19th Century Native Apache Pictorial Tray
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Apache pictorial tray with seven dogs and four crosses. Period: Last quarter of the 19th century Origin: Apache Size: 12" x 2". Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s Gallery deals in t...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Other

Coeur D'alene Tribe Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Coeur d'Alene tribe moccasins with very thin hide and beadwork. Fawn or antelope. Simple classic design. Neat display - shows use. Period: Last half of the 19th century Origin: Coe...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Animal Skin

French Bronze Sculpture "Crouching Native American Indian" E. Drouot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French, 19th century Patinated bronze group of a Crouching Native American Indian on the lookout, in a dark brown patina and raised on a veined green marble base, by Edou...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Native American Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

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.
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Wool

Panamint Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Finely woven bottle neck Panamint basket. 5" x 8" Period: Last quarter of the 19th century Origin: Nevada Size: 5" x 8". Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Other

Yokut Figurative Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Yokut figurative basket, very fine and tight with much Native use. Period: 19th century Origin: Yokut Size: 15 1/2" x 7". Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rar...
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19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Other

19th Century Native Nez Perce Beaded Martingale
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Early designed beaded Nez Perce martingale. Constructed stroud applied to canvas with beaded panels of hourglass and diamond motifs. Split tab and brass bell suspensions. Stunning pi...
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19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Beads

Pictorial Mission Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Polychrome pictorial Mission basket with ten cats on a fence. Period: Last quarter 19th century Origin: California Size: 6" x 4". Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s Gallery deals in...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Reed

Miwok Woven Bowl
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Finely woven Miwok bowl with multiple geometric designs on side and bottom. Period: Last quarter of the 19th century. Origin: Miwok. Size: 5" x 9". Family Owned & Operated Cisco’...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Other

Pueblo Indian Cottonwood Trunk Drum
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Pueblo Indian cottonwood trunk drum - it's old. Pueblo drum made from a hollowed out cottonwood trunk, old milk paint, - this one's been us...
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19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Wood

19th 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 and the base has a coat of worn origi...
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19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Leather

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...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Other

Duckweed Green Creel
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native center opening creel made of split willow. We assume sold to a fisherman, he painted. Measures: 9" x 13" x 8" H. Period: 19th century Origin: Northeast Size: 9" x 13" x 8" ...
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Early 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Willow

Native American Muslin Ghost Dance Shield
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Muslin shield with backhand hold, bundle sticks with red and yellow ochre and original shoulder carrying strap. Ex Kammerer Period: 19th Century Origin: Sioux, Plains Size: 16 1/2...
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19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

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Hide, Wood

Late 19th Century Native American Zuni Bowl
Located in Southampton, NY
Native American Zuni bowl, circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Furniture

Materials

Pottery

Native American furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Native American furniture 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 furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, rugs and carpets, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wool and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Native American furniture 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 furniture, popular names associated with this style include Native American Art, Navajo, Sioux Indian Art, and Plateau Indians. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $58 and tops out at $195,000 while the average work can sell for $2,950.

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