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Shop our collection of skulls, robes, and hides adorned with paintings, leather, and beadwork to express the importance of the Native American culture and reverence for the animal.
ca. 1895 Dimensions: L: 50.25 in, width: 34 in. Calf skin with hair on one side. Other side has 12 rows of red and white quill work. Collection Center of the West
(Dittpiandipeus antigua)
Headdress, Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne). Hide, eagle feather/feathers, glass bead/beads. Montana; USA (inferred). Date created: circa 1880. Collected by General Nelson A. Miles (1839-1925, U.S. Army), probably during his Indian campaigns; inherited by his children, Major General Sherman Miles (1882-1966) and Cecelia Miles Reber (Mrs. Samuel K. Reber, 1869-1952). NMAI
Parfleche flat case. Owned by Chief Big Swan, Blackfoot (Peigan). Painted rawhide. Pikuni Reserve, Alberta, Canada. c. 1890. 23 × 32 cm. ROM.
Parfleche bag, Brooklyn Mus. ac
Sold at auction Central Plains Painted Parfleche for sale in auction. Auction Number 2209, Lot Number 210. Bid on similar items for sale at auction
native american halibut hook
Club - Ball or Horse Dance Stick, Upper Missouri River. Collection Fenn. Period 1850-1875. Materials: Wood, metal, brass tacks, mirror, red ocher. Wooden haft with metal knife blade sticking in the ball. Brass tacks and mirror decorated with red ocher rubbed in the cracks. Length 25 inches. Splendid Heritage. ДА.
Necklace, Blackfoot (Blood). Glass beads and ochre stained deer toe bones. Kainai Reserve, Alberta, Canada. Date: c. 1890. ROM.
Yup'ik, Bristol Bay, Alaska, 1800's. National Museum of Natural History
Tobacco Society bag decorated with large beads was used in the Crow Tobacco Ceremony. Seeds ready to be planted were carried by women in bags like this to be ritually planted. Collected by AMNH anthropologist Robert Lowie in 1910. HIDE, PIGMENT, BEAD, SHELL, SINEW. L:28 W:22.5 H:5.5 (in CM). MT, BIG HORN COUNTY?, YELLOWSTONE COUNTY?, CROW INDIAN RESERVATION. AMNH.
Metis Beaded Hide Tobacco Bag, Collected by Brigadier General Charles Hale Morgan (1835-1875) thread and sinew-sewn softly tanned hide; decorated with small glass beads in colors of pony trader blue, pink, white, and Charlotte-cut red white-heart, eggplant, and periwinkle; fringe hangs from lower edge, overall length 20.5 in. mid-19th century. Cowan’s. 04/08/2017.
Gorget, Lakota. Shell/shells, hide thong/babiche. North Dakota or South Dakota. Collection of Dan Frost (1850-1943, proprietor of Stephen A. Frost and Son, a New York City Indian goods company and a collector of beads and Indian artifacts). NMAI
Blackfoot shirt&leggings, Glenbow
