Sioux Bear Cult Painted Buffalo War Shield c. 1870

The lot features a beautifully polychrome painted authentic circa 1870 Southern Plains War Shield attributed to the Comanche. The piece shows a brain tanned Buffalo stretched hide construction wetted

19-3/4 inch diameter. Native Bear Tribe decorated buffalo rawhide war shield w/ brain tanned cover

19th c. Maasai Painted Buffalo Hide Shield, elliptical shape, leather is sewn onto a wooden frame and wrapped with leather strips, surface is decorated in red, black and white in crescent and triangul

War Shield, Sidamo / Oromo People, 19th C. Ethiopia, East Africa. Formed buffalo hide. Size: 28" diameter (68.5 cm).PLEASE NOTE: All auction items are located in CHICAGO for preview and pick up at 130

A Sioux Indian polychrome war shield with a painted green turtle on deerskin. It measures 21"

5 Donald Polland Chilmark Pewter Native American Sculptures, titles include: "Dog Soldier", "Sioux War Chief", "Buffalo Prayer", "Arapahoe Drummer", and "Mandan Hunter"; also includes Peter C Sedlow p

Kim James "Buffalo Warrior" Kachina, depicting buffalo warrior on one knee with shield and bow and arrow (bow missing), wearing tanned leather attire with painted bear claw decoration, buffalo horn he

The lot features a phenomenal circa 1870?s Northern Plains beaded stone head war club collected by L.A. Huffman. Likely from the Northern Cheyenne or Sioux of Montana. The piece exhibits a carved bi-p

This is an exceptional quilled and beaded buffalo hide tipi possibles bag from the Sioux dating to circa 1870-1880?s from the ex-collection of B.B. Museum. There are two tags attached hand written ?Cu

A Pair of Sioux Beaded Hide Moccasinsc. 1890 hide, glass seed beads, sinew, painted bu

Western/Central Africa, Cameroon or Chad, Mandara/Wandala (sometimes Kirdi), ca. early 20th century CE. A massive shield, made of iron overlaid with water buffalo horn and painted with a dark red cros

This is an astounding, large set of saddle bags / saddle blanket dating to circa 1870-1880s done in Buffalo hide being fully beaded from the Sioux people of the Northern Plains during the Indian Wars

20th c. Oversized Club with natural form head, carved with painted portrait of a Sioux War Chief in Bonnet, chip carved handle, red stained, 34" long, 10" head. Some loss to bark. 33" long, 10" head,

(5) 19th c. enamel painted roemer glasses to include single oversized glass in shield, feather and war helmet paint decoration, 9"Hx3-3/4"D and (4) enamel and gilt floral painted glasses, heavily gild

This gorgeous knife sheath is believed to be Lakota Sioux. The beading of geometric shapes surround a black bear. The leather is possibly buffalo with leather hand stitching, long fringe and a hand se

Of a slightly irregular oval form with pointed tips. Such shields were used by the tribe of cattle breeders Maasai in wars, hunting, or ritual purposes. The wooden body is covered with buffalo skin wh

(19th C. American School) Purportedly Chief Charging Shield, subchief of the Sioux tribe of Porcupine, South Dakota, painted ca. 1880s, framed oil on thin board, unsigned, approximate work size 11 1/2

19 ½” painted Hide Shield with fringe, Turkey Feather Décor, Buffalo Hide, Brain Tanned, purchased from Sioux Indians, 1937 - if being shipped out of country, need to make arrangements with an exp

Charles C. Clapp (American, c. 19th C.). Height: 10", Diameter: 14 1/2". Blue painted drum features an eagle with red, white and blue shield, "9th Regiment U.S. Infantry", ropes, and maker's label on

Pueblo Painted Buffalo Hide Shield mid-19th century concave form, crafted from 1/2-inch-thick buffalo hide; painted abstract design in colors of yellow, black, and red diameter 19-1/2 inches ...this s

English straight front chest with two small drawers over two full drawers having faux marble painted top and painted body, c.1870-1880, 35.5" wide, 17.5" deep, 35" high

(2) rare Minton majolica shell-form Jardinieres, c. 1870, polychrome painted and tin glazed cast pottery, modeled as a single nautilus shell raised on coral branches, resting on a rock-form pedestal,

US C.1870 -1880 INDIAN WARS FIELD BLOUSE, BELT, CARTRIDGE BOX, BAYONETTE & SCABBARD & CANTEEN ON STAND

A Sioux Beaded Hide Tobacco Bag c. 1870 hide, natural and dyed porcupine quills, glass seed beads, sinew Provenance: Skinner's, American Indian & Ethnographic