Beaded Blackfoot dance belt with 5 hanging panels, belt band 15.5 wide at centre tapers to 9.0 at ends, stitched onto cotton covered heavy canvas. Open floral design centered with a red and white club-like flower. 5 hanging panels: centre piece 27.0 long, 2 outside panels squarish with correspondin…
Beaded Blackfoot dance belt with 5 hanging panels, belt band 15.5 wide at centre tapers to 9.0 at ends, stitched onto cotton covered heavy canvas. Open floral design centered with a red and white club-like flower. 5 hanging panels: centre piece 27.0 long, 2 outside panels squarish with corresponding blue tassels, 2 each side (2 missing each side) Other 2 panels of a different design and colours - were arm bands, belt bandends are cotton ca 8.5 long with 2 cotton ties each side, edge beading lightblue.
Blackfoot, white beaded toe, green ankle cuff, Rocky Mountain style cut in one piece, entirely beaded toe, small geometric designs (band around edge of brown/ochre/green stepped triangles, 3 horizontal red bars, 3 blue/red/yellow feather motifs hanging from each on toe) faded green wool cuff trimm…
Blackfoot, white beaded toe, green ankle cuff, Rocky Mountain style cut in one piece, entirely beaded toe, small geometric designs (band around edge of brown/ochre/green stepped triangles, 3 horizontal red bars, 3 blue/red/yellow feather motifs hanging from each on toe) faded green wool cuff trimmed in white beadwork pattern, high ankle flap above cuff, long rectangular cuff, long buckskin laces, stitched 3.0 cm slash right sole.
A fringed man's elkskin shirt that has ermine tails attached to the fringe along the sides and sleeves. The shirt is decorated with wide strips of white beadwork with a blue, light blue and gold pattern along the tops of the sleeves and over each shoulder, extending down the front and back of the …
A fringed man's elkskin shirt that has ermine tails attached to the fringe along the sides and sleeves. The shirt is decorated with wide strips of white beadwork with a blue, light blue and gold pattern along the tops of the sleeves and over each shoulder, extending down the front and back of the shirt, and connected at the bottom with another beaded panel. The back of the shirt has a square beadwork patch surrounded with fringe between the shoulders.
Long, beaded and fringed bag, fringe 20.0 long at bottom of bag, beaded panel 1910, white background, both side edges with blue beads, different designs each side. One side 3 red and blue rectangles along edge, centered large stylized 8-pointed flower, dark blue edge, light blue, yellow, red and gr…
Long, beaded and fringed bag, fringe 20.0 long at bottom of bag, beaded panel 1910, white background, both side edges with blue beads, different designs each side. One side 3 red and blue rectangles along edge, centered large stylized 8-pointed flower, dark blue edge, light blue, yellow, red and green, other side red, mauve, blue flower, yellow bud. Top of bag buckskin has blue beads on side edges, red on top scalloped edge. One thong looped thought 2 holes near top. [Typical transitional floral patterns with a wide selection of beads, ie. 1870-1920, interesting rectangular pattern on back. Al McClelland 1997]
Canvas case with fully beaded panels on both sides at each end. The open end of the case is decorated with a blue and orange triangle border and red, blue and green triangles on a white ground. Long fringe (28.0 cm), with wooden beads, is attached to the bottom edge. The muzzle end of the case is…
Canvas case with fully beaded panels on both sides at each end. The open end of the case is decorated with a blue and orange triangle border and red, blue and green triangles on a white ground. Long fringe (28.0 cm), with wooden beads, is attached to the bottom edge. The muzzle end of the case is decorated with a blue triangle border, red and orange triangles, red diamonds and blue diamonds on a white ground. This design is not symmetrical. Long fringe (26.0 cm), with wooden beads, is attached along the bottom edge.
A deerskin sheath with a canvas backing made to hold a rifle. The case has bands of beadwork at the top and bottom, each about 1/5 of length of the case. The beadwork has a white beaded background with a design of two triangles joined at tips in yellows, red and blue. There is a leather fringe a…
A deerskin sheath with a canvas backing made to hold a rifle. The case has bands of beadwork at the top and bottom, each about 1/5 of length of the case. The beadwork has a white beaded background with a design of two triangles joined at tips in yellows, red and blue. There is a leather fringe along the side of the beadwork and around the top of the case.
A simply shaped sheath for a knife with a leather strap to hang the sheath from a belt. The sheath is decorated with beadwork in a band along the top edge composed of blue, green, red, yellow and black crosses on white background. Another band of beadwork follows the rounded shape of the sheath …
A simply shaped sheath for a knife with a leather strap to hang the sheath from a belt. The sheath is decorated with beadwork in a band along the top edge composed of blue, green, red, yellow and black crosses on white background. Another band of beadwork follows the rounded shape of the sheath with a pattern of coloured diagonal stripes on a white background. There is an attached tie-shaped decorative flap of leather that has a beaded floral design at the centre and is trimmed with beads along the edges.