NATIVE AMERICAN PIPE BAG WITH PIPESTONE PIPE

SIOUX PIPE BAG WITH PIPE

Oglala Sioux (museum replica) photographed with pipe

 (different design on front and back) 

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Native American Pipe Bags & Pouches - Cheyenne, Sioux, Arapaho, Crow, etc.,

Native Americans made an incredible variety of  pouches for every conceivable purpose.  Beaded and or quilled pipe bags were some of the finest items made.  Their tobacco was sometimes carried at the bottom of the bag.  The pipe bowl was separated when it was carried and a thong drawstring tie was attached to the top of all pipe bags to secure the contents of the bag.

NATIVE AMERICAN BOW CASE & QUIVER

Plains Indian Bow Case and Quiver

PLAINS INDIAN

Replica of an old Plains bow case and quiver 

brain tanned deer skin, glass beads, earth pigment paints

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WEAPONS OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN

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NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN CLOTHING & REGALIA

Clothing, Regalia & Beadwork of the Plains Indfan, Plateau, Basin, Woodlands and Southwest Indian - Sioux, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Ojibwe, Chippewa, Apache, Nez Perce', Ute, etc.,

Headdresses / War Bonnets, War Shirts, Dresses, Moccasins, Leggings, Plains Jackets / Coats, Weapons, belts, hat bands, Shields, Tomahawks, Hair Ornaments, etc.

Traditional custom clothing, regalia and Beadwork (Beaded Clothing and Regalia) of the Sioux, Apache, Arapaho, Nez Perce', Ojibwe', Ojibwa', Cheyenne, Chippewa, Cree, Cherokee, Crow, Blackfeet, Blackfoot, Shoshone, Kiowa, Osage, Ute, Shawnee, Chippewa, Comanche, Gros Ventre, Omahas, Mandan, Osage, Flatheads, Hidatsa, Assiniboine, Sauk, Fox, Iroquois, Wichita, Plateau & Basin, Southwest, Southern & Northern Plains & Woodlands Indian, etc.

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PLAINS INDIAN TRAILER HEADDRESS

ABOUT OUR HEADRESSES / WAR BONNETS

All of our headdresses are hand beaded (lazy stitch or applique’ brow bands in traditional colors - not loom beaded. 

All feathers are hand wrapped and hand painted with trade cloth/flannel or other material. The preferred color in the old days was red or yellow Feathers are decorated with horse hair, breath feathers, gypsum, buckskin/elk or fur on tips of feathers. We also utilize clay paints. Each headdress is antiqued to look old (if required).

Deer skin or Elk skullcaps are covered with rabbit skin, otter, other fur or feathers - and applied in various ways. Headdresses are adorned with buffalo hair, ribbon, ermine, quill work, braided leather, bead work, feather side drops, aged tin cones, hawk bells and dance bells, etc.

This replica was inspired by Iron Tail's trailer war bonnet

Iron Tail (or Cinte Muzza) an Oglala Sioux - fought at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. He also performed with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show during the 1890's and with the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West show from 1913 to 1916. He died of pneumonia on May 28, 1916 while traveling to his homeland, the hills of South Dakota. Iron Tail was one of three models for the Indian Head nickel

This headdress also featured in the film "Hyde Park on Hudson" (2012) starring Bill Murray. The headdress was worn by Jonathan Brewer playing the part of Ish-ti-opi.

caps - (buckskin) deer, elk, etc.

caps covered with otter, buffalo, rabbit, feathers, etc 

glass beads 

ermine, calico, leather drops 

hand wrapped feathers

hand painted feathers 

coup dots made from gypsum, fur, buckskin, etc 

calico

trade cloth

clay paints

headdresses can be aged to look old

horse hair

ermine / weasel

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NATIVE AMERICAN HEADDRESS

REPLICA OF Catalogue No. E357469 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE

 custom made for a collector in the States

PLAINS FEATHERED HEADDRESS

His hair was thought to be the extension of his soul. He added items of personal medicine and other ornaments, topped off with a breath taking headdress. The headdress, however, was more-than an ornament. It like all other things he used and wore - had special meaning and significance. It was also an expression of his beliefs. It was believed that one acquired the powers of other animals, birds and objects by wearing or carrying these items. From them he was able to gather added wisdom and insight and incorporate them into his daily life. 

There are four types of headdress worn by warriors of the Plains - the horned headdress, the golden eagle feather headdress, the hat or cap, and the animal skin type

The bonnet had to be earned through brave deeds in battle because the feathers signified the deeds themselves. Some warriors might obtain only two or three honor feathers in their whole lifetime, so they were difficult to earn. The bonnet was also a mark of highest respect because it could never be worn without the consent of the leaders of the tribe. For example, A high honor was received by the warrior who was the first to touch an enemy fallen in battle, for this meant the warrior was at the very front of fighting. Feathers were notched and decorated to designate an event and told individual stories such as killing, scalping, capturing an enemy's weapon and shield, and whether the deed had been done on horseback or foot.

A chief's war bonnet is comprised of feathers received for good deeds to his community and is worn in high honor. Each feather would represent a good deed.

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NATIVE AMERICAN LEGGINGS

Old Style tubular Leggings (Sioux)

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NATIVE AMERICAN WAR SHIRT

BRULE SIOUX WAR SHIRT 

Replica of a Brule Sioux Buckskin War Shirt from the Museum of the American Indian, New York.

The original shirt wearers earned the right to wear War Shirts through great acts of bravery and deeds that were incorporated into the designs. Over a warriors lifetime, he would probably have owned more than one shirt. Some War Shirts were also thought to possess intrinsic spiritual powers which were transferred to the wearer. Buffalo hide was too thick to use, so the maker used Elk or deerskins. However, the ideal hides came from mountain sheep that roamed the Rocky Mountains to the Missouri River and beyond. After the shirt was made, it could be decorated in many ways. Four strips of quill work or beadwork could be attached extending over the shoulders and hanging midway down the back, the other two strips attached to the sleeves next to the shoulder strips. Neck tabs or facings on back and front of the shirt were also seen on Plains IndianWar Shirts. Some tribes used square-shapes while others used pointed tabs or other shapes. Rosettes are often found on the early shirts in the middle of the chest and back. Hair from humans or horses often extended from the quilled arm strips and down the outside of the shoulder strips. Shirts with hair have been called scalp shirts, but they were only made with hair locks. Sometimes the same areas were decorated with fringe providing the flowing motion and a luxurious richness to the shirt. A shirt could also be filled with vivid paintwork or pictographic artwork

Description: smoked or braintanned deer skin, glass beads, clay pigments, wool cloth, horse or human hair locks, etc.





Front and Back of Shirt






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