Arts & Crafts
Here you will find some wonderful examples of the arts and crafts of the Native people.
It never ceases to amaze me how fine the details are on some of these things. We would be hard pressed to make such exquisite examples today, even given modern technology!
I have tried to categorize them Nation by Nation but I am constantly adding new information as I get it.
Apache Saddle
Apache bag c.1890's
Lipan Apache moccasins
1870's
(buffalo hide, seed beads)
Apache San Carols full length moccasins
believed to be woman's?
(hide, sinew, pigment, hair)
Apache Coiled Basket c. early 20th century
Apache ear ornaments
(stone beads thread)
Apache fringed pouch
Apache moccasins
(hide, beads, metal button, pigment, hair, thread)
Apache ornament
Apache Quiver
(panther skin)
Apache fringed pouch
(hide, glass beads, metal, thread, pigment)
Apache boys fringed leggings
Apache full war bonnet
(L: 153 W:40)
Arapaho ghost dance dress
(central plains c. 1890)
Cherokee Bow
Swain County? Jackson County?
(wood, hide L:60.3 W:8.7)
Cherokee eagle dance wand
Cherokee lacrosse stick
Swain County? Jackson County?
(wood, hide L:60.3 W:8.7)
Cherokee rattles for Stomp Dance
Cherokee wooden dance whistle
(approx 14")