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Plateau Beaded Bag
Ca. 1930s.
Mesh beaded back.
No damage or missing beads.
Dimensions: 8" x 5 1/2", plus fringe length of 21/4"; Note: These measurements do not include the strap length, which is approximately 6".
Price: $375.
Ojibwa Tobacco Bag
This bag was given to a woman who taught on the Red Lake, Minn., reservation in 1935; I acquired it from the original family.
No condition issues.
Dimensions: 11 1/2" H x 61/2" W.
Price: $425.
Cheyenne Strike-a-Lite Bag
Ca. 19th Century.
Collected in Wyoming in the 1940s.
No missing beads or cones.
Dimensions: 6" H x 31/2" W (not including the strap).
Price: $595.
Kiowa Strike-a-Lite Bag
Ca: 19th Century
Found in Colorado
No missing beads or damage
Dimensions: 4 3/4" H (not including tin cones or brass beads), 3" W at top, 31/2" W at bottom.
Price: $565.
Alaskan Basket
Ca: 1930s
This is a larger-than-normal coiled basket from Alaska with a design woven into the entire surface.
Thereis wear to the surface (visible in the photo) but it does not detract from the physical
statement made by this large basket.
Dimensions: 15" W x 101/2" H.
Price: $295.
Plateau Floral Beaded Bag
I am attributing this beaded bag to the Nez Pearce tribe in Oregon.
I believe it dates Ca: 1920-40
Has a tag on it with the name Edith Heck, who was probably the maker.
The beading on this bag could have taken up to six months to make.
Deep purple velvet backing and a light pink cotton interior. Bags of this quality are becoming very difficult to find.
Dimensions: 13" W x 131/2" H, not including 41/2" of fringe at the bottom.
Price: $995.
Nez Pearce Beaded Bag
This bag comes from the plateau region of the Northwest coast, probably Oregon.
Traditionally beaded bag in a geometric pattern. Geometric patterns predate floral patterns or bags with figures.
A very striking bag with 23"-long fringe, the beaded portion of the bag is 14" W x 141/2" H. There is also 11/2" of fringe on the back at the top of the bag.
No condition issues and probably dates Ca. 1900-1920
Price: $1,200.
Chippewa Beaded Bandolier Bag
Fully beaded shoulder strap and rectangular panel with flower and leaf design, in colors of blues, gold, white heart reds, greens, mauve, yellow, and brown on white beaded ground.
Has a center piece of black velvet beaded with a flower design and light blue glass beads and red yarn tassel suspensions at the bottom.
Length is 44 1/2 ", width is 12 3/4", straps are 5 1/8" wide.
Price: $2,000.
Chippewa Beaded Bandolier Bag #2
Fully beaded shoulder strap and rectangular panel with flowers and leaf design.
Bead colors include blue, rose pink, green, gold. Central black velvet panel.
This bandolier bag is simpler than the Chippewa Beaded Bandolier Bag #1, but both are excellent examples that date from 1900-1930.
The length is 41" x 12 3/4" wide, and the straps are 6" wide.
Price: $1,695.
Signed Ojibwa Snowshoes
Ca. 1890-1910.
Great original condition.
Price: $225.
Nez Perce Corn Husk Bag
Ca. 1890-1910.
Dimensions: 11 1/2" x 15".
Excellent condition: minor rim abrasion, one handle gone.
Price: $1,195.
Beaded Awl Case
Ca. mid -20th century.
Dimensions: 111/8", with fringe 17" x 1' W.
Price: $150.
Plains Indian Pipe Bag
Thread sewn.
Decoration consists of beaded horses, tipis and American flags, horse hair drops, tin cones and trade beads.
Reservation period, Ca. 1940.
Dimensions: 5.5"W x 27"L (including the fringe).
Price: $450.
Coiled Basket
Bundle coiled.
Native sweetgrass with black ash splint and red-dyed decoration.
Probably Ojibwa or Chippewa.
A couple of areas of minor rim roughness (see photo).
Dimensions: 73/4" D x 33/4"H.
Price: $125.
Indian Feather Basket
Probably Wisconsin Winnebago tribe.
Ca. 1930s.
These baskets were used for the collection of goose down.
Dimensions: 291/2"H x 27"W.
Very good condition, considering its age.
There is breakage of one blue splint and more significant breakage on the top (see photos). I don't consider this a major flaw, since the tops are missing most of the time.
Price: $125.
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