Matthew Chase Ltd.

American Indian Art

Selections From Our Inventory of Indian Artifacts


Number 5380 - Lakota (Prairie?) possible bag, brain tanned buckskin with seed beads, tin cones and horse hair, circa 1880s

16 x 19 inches

Lakota American Indian Art

Lakota American Indian Art


Number 5379 - Gros Ventre child's moccasins, brain tanned buckskin with seed beadwork, circa 1880

5.5" L

Gros Ventre American Indian Art


Number 5351 - Southern Cheyenne/Arapaho pictorial tobacco bag, buckskin, seed beads, and ochre pigment, circa 1880-90

36" L

Southern Cheyenne/Arapaho American Indian Art

Southern Cheyenne/Arapaho American Indian Art

Southern Cheyenne/Arapaho American Indian Art

Southern Cheyenne/Arapaho American Indian Art



Number 5286 - Plains (Arapaho?) sewing bag with cloth back, fully seed beaded buckskin front & side, circa 1880

7" H x 11" W

Arapaho American Indian Art

Arapaho American Indian Art


Number 5297 - Cherokee (?) steatite pipe bowl with bear carving and lead inlay, circa 1860s (table mount)

4.25 x 7/8 inches

Blackfoot American Indian Art

Blackfoot American Indian Art


Number 5318 - Central Plains (Sioux) tobacco bag, buckskin with seed & bugle beads, circa 1870s

23.5" H x 7" W

Sioux American Indian art

Sioux American Indian art


Number MM2 - Great lakes mirror case (or picture frame), seed beads on cloth, circa 1900 (mirror removed for photograph)

Case: 9" H x 6.5" W

14" H with green-on-green strap (loom beaded, see photo of back of case just hanging over at the top

American Indian art

American Indian art


Number 5302 - Mesquakie hair binder with beaded (diagonal weave) tie, circa 1890 (wall mount)

15 x 4 inches (binder), approx. 80 inches (ties)

Mesquakie American Indian art

Mesquakie American Indian art


Number 5352 - Lakota geometric tobacco bag with quill slats, buckskin, & seed beads, circa 1880

36" L - Overall

Lakota American Indian Art


Number 5195 - Ute tail bag on buffalo hide and commercial leather with seed beads, circa 1870s

11.5" L x 4.5" D

Ute American Indian Art


Number 6002 - Great Lakes wood eel gaff in the form of an otter, iron/steel hook, circa 19th century

21" long (without hook)

Great Lakes American Indian Art

Great Lakes American Indian Art

Great Lakes American Indian Art

Great Lakes American Indian Art


Number 231 - Apache bag, circa 1880s

Bag 3.5" Diameter

Apache American Indian Art


Number 232 - Apache bag, circa 1890

Bag 4" H x 3.5" W

Apache American Indian Art


Number 5064 - Acoma Pueblo weaving tools: batten with two carved parrots and comb with two carved thunderbirds, sabino wood, circa 1880

Batten: 2.5" H x 21" L

Comb: 2.25" H x 12" L

Acoma Pueblo Indian Art

Acoma Pueblo Indian Art


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