Skookum Doll 1940s Trade Bead Necklace Beacon Wrap

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork Pre 1950: item #812881

Right-glancing Skookum doll with composition head, Beacon blanket wrap and authentic trade bead necklace. This is a nice early doll, the felt mocs also have trade bead details, check those great cheekbones. Glancing is determined by which way they are looking from their perspective. So, what may look like lefty to you is actually a right-glance. This is important to many who believe the right-glancing Skookums are "right path" dolls and the leftys are associated with death or danger. This Skooku... Click for details

EARLY 20TH CENTURY PIPE-AXE: EX NIGHT WALKER

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork Pre 1930: item #809444
RLK.2

This decorative, early 20th century pipe-axe (RLK2) was purchased in March of 1988 at a shop in Ft. Collins, Colorado where a Native American named Night Walker was selling items from his personal collection, as well as those from others of the Northern Plains reservation to which he belonged in order to support needy tribal members. The axe, with an 18” long pipe stem wood handle, has an 8 7/8” long cast brass axe head stamped ‘Canada’ and a stamped arrow touch-mark pointed down towards the top... Click for details

SUPERB EAGLE HEAD CLUB WITH ANTLER TIP SPIKE

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork Pre 1930: item #769333
KJH.87

This spectacular hand-carved 17” long ‘ceremonial club’ (KJH87) was purchased by Ken Hladek in March 2003 (as he recalls, it was an estate sale and the item number was 0962..."INDIAN TRADE WAR CLUB - LUKA) at a Lolli Brothers auction in Macon, Missouri. The only information that came with this lethal-looking weapon was a note that it was from the William R. Gauld collection of Elmo, Montana, a town located well within the boundaries of the Flathead Indian reservation. Many other items offered in... Click for details

Colourful NATIVE BEADWORK BOLO TIE c1950s-60s

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork Pre 1970: item #729318
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A colourful and vintage c1950s-60s Native American beaded bolo tie. It is signed "MRS. LIZZIE (illegible)" on the deersking backing, and the glass beads on this 38" long tie (19" when worn) include green, pink, white, red, orange, yellow amber, metallic and various other colours; it is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, losses, damage or repairs other than some minor stretching of the elastic retaining strap on the deerskin back. All items are thoroughly and conservatively... Click for details

MI'KMAQ BEADWORK FLORAL WALL HANGING c1920

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork Pre 1930: item #702145
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A bright and cheerful East Coast Micmac 4-7/8" diameter wall hanging c1900-20. This decorative item features a flower basket motif, with yellow, light and deep green, red, orange, brown and black beads on a deerskin backing; the hanging strap is in brown seed-shaped beads with green and yellow beads. It is unsigned, and it is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted;... Click for details

Zuni Frog Fetish

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork Pre 1940: item #639625
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Turquoise Frog Fetish, excellent condition, c. 1940, 1 3/4" long, 1" high at highest point and hind quarters are 3/4" high.

EARLIER 20TH CENTURY NEZ PERCE PAPOOSE BELT

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork Pre 1950: item #609509
TEH.171

This earlier 20th Century Nez Perce Papoose belt (TEH171) is mounted in a glass-fronted shadow box frame. Collected by the late Chester Howard, the 3 ¾” wide by 51 ½” long belt has a beaded floral design and dentalia dangles. With some wear and a few small holes, it is in overall good decorative condition. We will deliver to an address in the Denver Metro area after payment is made. The framed belt comes with a small display card and a biographical sketch about Howard, the late owner who founded... Click for details

ANTIQUE NATIVE AMERICAN BEADED FRINGED WAR CLUB

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork Pre 1900: item #606249
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AUTHENTIC NATIVE AMERICAN WAR CLUB.

Purchased at a private estate sale upstate New York, Sarasota Springs.

This area was first settled by Native Americans, because of the belief that the mineral waters possessed healing properties.

All original beading, skins, furs, w... Click for details

Native American Indian ~ GOURD ~ from PERU

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork Pre 1970: item #599671
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This is a Native American Indian GOURD from Peru. It is nicely carved. It rattles. It measures 3 1/2" X 3 1/2" X 2 1/2".

Old Beaded Cheyenne Indian Moccasins

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork Pre 1950: item #597324

Classic Indian moccasins of hide decorated with tiny glass beads sewn all over. From a Plains Indian tribe, could be any one of many, Cheyenne or other Plains groups. Circa 1930s-50.

The white field with diamond and triangle teepee elements is nicely worked with fire colors.

The leather is commercially tanned, sinew sewn and with rawhide sol... Click for details