Beaded Hide by Sylvia Spotted Wolf

thread and sinew-sewn on softly tanned hide; canvas strips placed on the arms and shoulders are beaded using colors of cobalt, white, pony trader blue, and rose; ermine hang from hide thongs along nec

AN EARLY PLAINS BEADED HIDE PIPE-BAG, PROBABLY CHEYENNE, 19TH CENTURY. The majority of the multicolored sinew sewn beads of small (seed) size on the upper section, rendered in geometric patterns and

Sioux Beaded Hide Doll ca 1900 thread and sinew-sewn softly tanned thick hide; beaded using colors of light blue, red, greasy yellow, cobalt, and white; yoke of dress with yellow pigment; long triple-

Cheyenne Beaded Hide Leggings, with Lizards fourth quarter 19th century sinew-sewn softly tanned hide; decorated with glass beads in colors of cobalt and white; large red white-heart, blue padre, and

Kiowa Beaded Hide Leggings, with Morning Star ca 1875 thread and sinew-sewn softly tanned hide coated in green pigment; thin, twisted, yellow fringe and a lane of faceted brass, black, and red white-h

Cheyenne Beaded Hide Dolls, Pair  ca 1890 male and female dolls; both with muslin bodies and clothing fashioned from softly tanned hide; each further detailed with red and yellow pigments and bea

Mescalero Apache Beaded Hide Awl Case, and Awl fourth quarter 19th century sinew-sewn soft hide coated with an orange pigment; banded beaded designs alternate with rows of tin cones atached to hide th

Comanche Beaded Hide Moccasins late 19th century thread-sewn on soft hide, the back lined with twisted hide dusters; the vamps with two parallel beaded lanes housing two rows of tacks and a line of ti

Sioux Beaded Hide Cradle late 19th century thread and sinew-sewn on hide, lined with pattern cotton cloth; beaded geometric designs in colors of greasy blue, navy blue, translucent green, red white-he

Apache Beaded Hide Cradle, with Doll fourth quarter 19th century thread-sewn and decorated with beaded lanes; cloth doll dressed in a beaded yoke, earrings, and "cactus kicker" moccasins length 24-1/4

A Plains pictographic beaded hide jacket Probably Cheyenne, circa 1890 With polychrome beaded horses and buffalo heads to front an back of jacket, heightened with yellow pigment.L: 31 in. (incl. fring

Kiowa Beaded Hide Strike-a-Light Bag fourth quarter 19th century sinew-sewn harness leather beaded using red white-heart, cobalt, light blue, and white; domed German silver button; tin cone fringe ove

Sioux Beaded Hide Tobacco Bag, Pictorial circa 1900 thread and sinew-sewn; designed with a warrior on horseback on one side and geometric design on opposite; bead colors include white, red white-heart

Comanche Beaded Hide Boot Moccasins ca 1870 thread-sewn hide coated in yellow and green pigment; twisted hide fringe at cuff; beaded lanes and medallion on vamp in colors of greasy blue, white, greasy

Sioux Child's Beaded Hide Dress late 19th century thread-sewn and beaded using colors of rose, greasy yellow, white, dark blue, and metallic; fringe with basket beads and brass bells length 25 inches

Kiowa Beaded Hide Moccasins fourth quarter 19th century sinew-sewn softly tanned hide; decorated with small glass beads in colors of red white-heart, light blue, cobalt, and white; fringe on vamps and

Southern Plains Beaded Hide Strike-a-Light Bag fourth quarter 19th century possibly Comanche, sinew-sewn thick hide and beaded using colors white, red white-heart, dark blue, black, greasy yellow, pin

A Plains beaded hide cradle, Lakota, fourth quarter 19th century, the rawhide tab with differing multicolored geometric designs, the body with bold multicolored eight-point cross and geometric devices

Apache Beaded Hide Quiver, with Six Arrows fourth quarter 19th century sinew-sewn; rawhide case coated with orange pigment; thick hide wraps center of case and is beaded with a cross and edge detailin

late 19th/early 20th century, sinew sewn, fully beaded with geometric and flag motif decorations, approximately 22 x 20 in.; on custom made iron stand, height 28 in., with a 12 x 6 in. base Provenance

Cheyenne Beaded Hide Doll ca 1870 thread and sinew-sewn; dress composed of both native tanned hide and recycled commercial leather; face, shoulders, and leggings are beaded using colors of red white-h

Blackfeet Beaded Hide Moccasins fourth quarter 19th century thread and sinew-sewn; the cuffs edged with a pattern red cotton cloth; geometric design beaded in colors of cobalt, yellow, and red white-h

Northern Plains Beaded Hide Tobacco Bag fourth quarter 19th century sinew-sewn and beaded with colors of red white-heart, green, dark blue, cut brass, and white; throat coated with green pigment; lowe

Comanche Beaded Hide Boot Moccasins late 19th century thread-sewn on hide coated with yellow and green pigment; decorated with a beaded medallion on the vamps and beaded lanes housing rows of German S