19th c.

Stone war club w/buffalo hide covered haft. Sinew sewn with wrist strap.

Length: 28 1/2", Stone 8" in length

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c.1880

Rawhide, partially beaded in light and dark blue triangles with white borders.  1 ½" flap on top is trimmed in pink, blue and yellow beadwork.  Includes old trade knife. 

13" in length (flap open), 4 1/8" wide

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c. late19th Century

Plains Dance Rattle (possibly Sioux) with ochred yellow intestine hoop. Tin cone and red feathers attached to rattle's head. Wood shaft covered with red painted cotton fabric and wrapped with sinew.

Horse tail attached to bottom of handle.

wand 24", overall length 68"

$ 3,500.00

A very fine Cheyenne knife case beaded on one side with four Dragonflys. Seed beaded with medium blue cut beads on buckskin and sinew sewn. Tin cones and beaded leather drops further embellish the case. Back ochered in yellow pigment.

Knife with brass tacks on handle and pointed blade.

Length of knife case w/o drops 9", 18" overall w/o top strap.

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c. 1890

A Northern Plains Indian bow made of Osage orange wood. Painted with six bands of red pigment along its length. No bowstring

length: 60 1/2"

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c. 1750-1800

A very early tomahawk, with blade marked "Parke". William Parke supplied axes and tomahawks to the Hudson’s Bay Trading Co. during the 1770s to 1790s. Such tomahawks bearing government marks were used to arm Indian allies of Great Britain before, during and after The American Revolution, and as treaty gifts. (Native American haft. Square period nails.)

Haft: L. 23" Blade: 8"

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c. 1890

A Northern Plains Indian bow made of Osage orange wood. Painted with six bands of red pigment along its length. No bowstring

length: 60 1/2"

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c. 1870

Case made of buffalo hide with typical Crow beadwork. Edge detail in red stroud trade cloth with white "zipper" style edge beading. Beaded leather drops. Native.American repair method used on verso, sinew sewn.

14" long x 4 ½" wide

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Stone war club w/buffalo hide covered haft. Sinew sewn with wrist strap.

length: 28 1/2", Stone 8" in length

$ 4,500.00

circa 1865-70

A very fine gun stock club with upper Missouri type metal blade. Many times found on fighting lances of the period. Incised on gun stock end, both sides serrated along hand grip.

30 1/2" in length

$ 17,500.00

c. 19th Century

Covered with horse hide and sinew sewn. Horse hair trim.

Head and haft 18", overall length 33"

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c. 1900-1910

A native made bow with bark on the upper and lower limb, possibly Mountain Mahogany. The belly of the bow is pigmented with yellow mineral paint. Sinew bow string.

Length: 47 1/2"

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c 1900-1910

A native made bow with bark on the upper and lower limb, possibly Mountain Mahoghany.The belly of the bow is pigmented with yellow mineral paint. Sinew bow string.

Length: 47 1/2"

$ 1,200.00

c. 1870

A Lakota Beaded knife case on hide in excellent condition. Seed beaded in red white hearts, yellow, light blue, dark blue and two shades of green, all sinew sewn. Decorated with diamond elements and three crosses. The trade knife with filed down blade and three square steel bolsters on the handle is original to the sheath.

length: 17 1/2", sheath only: 9 1/2", sheath width: 2 3/4"

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