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Geronimo's Apache Moccasins
By Apache Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Geronimo's Apache moccasins collected at Firt Sill, OK in 1898. Hard soled, two blinds of white, red, blue and black on toes with side fringe. Upper edges beaded in white and turquoi...
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Antique Large Native American Apache Olla Basket
By Apache Indian Art
Located in Bradenton, FL
This antique North American Indian Olla is woven of willow and devil's claw with geometric elements. The Apache, a nomadic American Indian tribe, followed the buffalo and ranged acro...
Willow
Northern Plains Pictorial Scabbard
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Rifle scabbard on brain tanned elk. Exceptional beading. Warrior with double trailer headdress. Coupstick on war pony one side, two florals on reverse. Period: Mid-20th Century Ori...
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Native American Sioux Beaded Saddle Throw
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Sioux saddle throw. Beaded on brain tanned elk hide and red stroud. Beadwork features a traditional "hourglass" design done in colors of blue, green, and white with s...
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Native American Sioux Beaded Teepee Bag
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Sioux beaded teepee bag. Having beaded front, sides and top. Beadwork is mostly white with blue, yellow, red, and green forming traditional geometric design. Having t...
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19th Century Native American Nez Perce Beaded Belt
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Nez Perce beaded belt on harness leather adorned with brass diamonds in the center. Trunk piece - stored and in great condition. Beautiful colors of blues, reds, whites, orange and g...
Beads
Antique Sioux Native American Art Beaded Gauntlets
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Antique Sioux Native American art beaded gauntlets. Both sides with geometric designs. Front having white background with beaded geometrics in colors of pink, blue, green, and orange...
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19th Century Sioux Boy's Dentalia Shell Breastplate
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th century Sioux boy's dentalia shell breastplate. Antique dentalia shell with patinaed brass accents. Leather down center with hide ties. A rare piece that would make a perfect ad...
Brass
$55,000
H 54 in W 52 in D 8 in
Museum Quality Native American Sioux Beaded Hide Dress Antique Plains 1880
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
Exceptional museum-quality circa 1880 Native American Sioux beaded hide dress, representing one of the most significant and visually compelling forms of Plains Indian material cultur...
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Sioux Beaded Pipe Bag
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux beaded pipe bag. Having large-beaded panels both sides on brain tanned buffalo. Bead patterns feature white background with green and blue traditional designs on front and back...
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1890's Sioux Wood and Fabric Cradleboard
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
1890's Sioux beaded cradleboard. The beaded top classic design, having thunderbirds with both sides on three white bars with red-white hearts and greasy yellows. Original cotton drop...
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Beautiful 19th Century Apache Figurative Olla Shaped Basket
By Apache Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Apache olla; 20"W x 22"H. Designs of lightning, arrowheads, female figures and whirling logs. Nice tight weave. 19th century. Absolutely beautiful, great collector piece. Measures:...
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1870's Antique Anishinaabe Beaded Bandolier Bag
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th Century circa 1870's Anishinaabe loom beaded bandolier bag with pocket. Beaded using a palette of soft colors to create a floral design on strap and bag. Beading features geomet...
Fabric, Beads
Sioux Beaded Pictorial Tunic
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux pictorial beaded tunic. Thread sewn and assembled using multiple hide panels. Beaded with 12 horses and 10 stars. Initials "C.S.C." Colors of deep red white hearts, various blu...
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Western Apache Olla Basket
By Apache Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Western Apache olla from the San Carlos of White Mountain Apache tribes. Figurative olla with humans, dogs, horses, chickens, diamonds and meanders. Attributed to Gusta Thompson, San...
Grasscloth
Sioux Warrior's Deer Skin Shirt and Leggings
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th century Native American Sioux warrior's deer skin shirt and leggings. Shirt and leggings are brain tanned, shirt with long fringe and ermine fur-on hide drops. Striking geometri...
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Mandan Split Horn Single Trailer Style Headdress
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mandan split horn single trailer style headdress. Styled after an 1830 single trailer ermine bonnet worn by Chief Mato-Tope. With painted feathers. Only the most prestigious and...
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Oglala Sioux Style War Headdress
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Oglala Sioux Style War Headdress: 30"H with Drops 26"W. Typically, war headdresses like this one were composed of awarded coup feathers given to a warrior as an acknowledgement of ba...
Feathers
Native American broadly describes any Indigenous people in North America and encompasses hundreds of tribes and groups, all with distinct cultures. Native American–style furniture and decor likewise varies widely, from pieces created by Indigenous people to those appropriated by non-native designers.
Indigenous furniture’s rich heritage includes the bentwood boxes of the Northwest Coast carved from cedar for storing household or ceremonial objects. Generations of Native American people have made baskets for holding household items, with those in the Northeast using sweetgrass and those in the Southeast using pine needles and wicker. Artisans in the Plateau region wove watertight pieces like cradles from plant materials. Although these objects were intricately made, they were usually utilitarian rather than decorative.
The colonization of North America and the removal of Indigenous people from their lands led to the suppression of these practices. Many styles that used Native American motifs — such as Southwestern style, which was heavily influenced by the geometric patterns of Navajo textiles — have historically not involved Indigenous creators and, instead, have taken their traditions without their tribal context.
When decorating a home with Native American–style furniture, it is important to do so respectfully, by understanding the origins of motifs and objects and examining who profits from their sale. There are now Indigenous-led companies, such as Cherokee designer Cray Bauxmont-Flynn’s Amatoya and Totem House Design, promoting Indigenous work in furniture and home decor. Supporting Indigenous artists and artisans is essential to confronting the still pervasive issue of cultural appropriation in design.
Find a collection of Native American living room furniture, folk art, rugs and carpets, decorative objects and other items on 1stDibs.