Nambe Trading Post

Classic Eye dazzler pattern, perfect condition

Wonderful Yanktonai cradle, excellent condtion, from the collection of Dennis Lessard

Historic Ojibwa cuffs, collected in Wisconsin Dells, 1890-1910

Original Blackfeet beaded strips, leggings re-created by Mark Miller

Perfect condition, Cheyenne 1890-1910

Sweet purse in useable condition

1890, excellent conditio

Ceremonial Lakota buffalo spoon with beaded handle

Cradle in good shape, some moth damage on wool

Great man's vest, excellent condition

HOKS’ICHANTKIYAPI: Exquisite little shirt & moccasins (With fully beaded soles) embody the love a mother for her child. A Hok’ichantkiyap, a beloved child, was given a Hunka ceremony, bestowing blessings and wisdom upon him, so that he would continue to fulfill the highest ideals of Lakota society. These children were so precious that not even their feet may touch the ground in the ceremony0- thus the fully beaded moccasin soles. This little shirt appears to have been made from a recycled cradle cover, possibly the very one he was placed in at birth. When he outgrew his cradle,it became his shirt. The re-purposing of objects was a common practice among the Plains peoples, adding an interesting ethnological element to the artifact.

Swallowtail bag from Sitting Bull's band Hunkpapa, c. 1880's

great condition

Great condition, supple leather

Great condition

A finely woven Two Grey Hills, in the Round, by a master weaver

Outstanding pair of Crow parfleche envelopes

A very fine, handspun weaving by a Master Weaver from Two Grey Hills