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Lot 491: Native American Sioux Beaded Hide Cuffs & Moccasins

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1st item: Pair of Native American Sioux beaded hide cuffs with geometric “x” design and white background. 9 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. 2nd item: Pair of Native American Sioux fully beaded moccasins with geometric red, blue, green, and black geometric motifs and a white beaded background. 10 1/2 in. L. Both items early 20th […]

Lot 490: Native American Apache Beaded Hide Pouch

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Native American Apache beaded hide pouch consisting of a bag with a folded flap and glass seed bead decoration in a zigzag pattern, hide fringe terminating in metal cones. 7 in. length with fringe metal cones, 9 in. with extended fringe. Late 19th century.  CONDITION: Overall, very good condition with some foxing/toning to leather.

Lot 489: Native American Southern Cree Man’s Beaded Hide Trousers

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A pair of Native American Southern Cree men’s beaded hide trousers. Hide, yellow ochre pigment, hide fringe, beaded stalk, and leaf design with alternating stars, sinew, muslin, and shell buttons. 44.5 in. L. Circa 1890. PROVENANCE: From the L. D. Bax Collection. CONDITION: Overall good condition with some scattered wear and minor staining.

Lot 487: Native American Plains Cree Beaded Knife Sheath

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Native American Plains Cree beaded knife sheath consisting of a buffalo hide sheath decorated with glass seed beads, metal cones, and thread. Fitted with a knife with a wooden handle with brass blade marked “Alex Fraser & Co., Sheffield”. Length of sheath without attachments: 9.5 in. Late 19th century. CONDITION: Some losses to the fringe on […]

Lot 488: Native American Cree Beaded Hide Jacket

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A Native American Cree beaded hide jacket consisting of glass beads in flower and leaf patterns, hide fringes running from the chest, around the shoulders, across the back, and down each arm. Metal buckles. 33 in. length. Circa 1910.   PROVENANCE: The Richard Sanderson Collection. CONDITION: Overall good condition with some scattered wear and minor […]

Lot 486: 2 Native American Tools: Sioux War Club & Apache Slung Shot Club

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1st item: Sioux war club with the head made from two horns, a hide-wrapped center, and a hide-wrapped wooden handle wrapped with glass seed beads. 21 in. L with hide strings. Late 19th century. 2nd item: Apache slung shot club consisting of a wooden shaft and a circular stone weight, hide covering, line bead pattern, and […]

Lot 484: 3 McKenney & Hall Lithographs, History of the Indian Tribes of N. America Folio Edition

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Group of three (3) McKenney and Hall hand-colored lithographs of Native American leaders from the folio edition of HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA. Item 1: “Ho-Po-Eth-Le-Yo-Ho-Lo” (Creek), without imprint but from the same stone as that published by E.C. Biddle, Philadelphia, 1831(American Historical Print Collector’s Society ID no. 32:NDa). Housed under acrylic in a wooden frame […]

Lot 485: Plains Cree Beaded Rifle Scabbard w/ Barnett Trade Musket

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Plains Cree beaded rifle scabbard with a Barnett Trade Musket. 1st item: Southern Canada Plains Cree tanned hide scabbard with band of wool cloth decorated with bead flowers and fringe. 47 in. L (plus end fringe). 2nd item – lightweight carbine-length percussion Barnett trade musket with the lockplate marked “Barnett London 1885” and an impressed proof […]

Lot 482: American Indian Cabinet Card, Geronimo w/ Dance Revolver, W.E. Irwin, Plus Postcard

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Item 1: William Irwin cabinet photograph on cardstock mount that shows the elderly Bedonkohe Apache leader Geronimo (1829-1909) with eagle feather headdress, fringed buckskin shirt, and Confederate Dance Brothers, Texas, revolver. Embossed blind stamp to card, lower margin, reads “Addison, Fort Sill O.T.” (Oklahoma Territory). 6 1/2 in. H x 4 1/4 in. W. Early-20th century. Item 2: […]