Gilcrease Museum is temporarily closed for construction.

Get the Full Story

Tags: seed beads

Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Man’s red fulled wool blanket with beaded strip and hide tassels Unidentified Native American; Cheyenne 97.13 wool, glass, hide, brass
Rectangular beaded awl case with geometric design Unidentified Native American; Comanche 84.719 hide, glass
Eagle feathered bonnet with quillwork headband Emil William Lenders, Unidentified Native American; Pawnee 84.241 feather, hide, quill
Breechcloth with greasy yellow beads and ribbon work worn for both fancy and straight dances Unidentified Native American; possibly Otoe-Missouria (artist and user) 84.1144 glass, silk, wool
Wooden awl with beaded case Unidentified Native American; Cheyenne 84.720 hide, metal, glass, wood
Beaded moccasins with blue and red geometric designs against a white background Unidentified Native American; Cheyenne 84.284a-b leather, glass, sinew
Beaded leather leggings with mescal beans and yellow dye Unidentified Native American; Arapaho 84.1741a-b beans (mescal), hide, glass, dye
Beaded awl case with geometric design and crimped metal on fringe Unidentified Native American; possibly Kiowa 84.721 hide, glass, metal
White hide dress decorated at the neck with loom beaded strips Unidentified, Mary and Lawrence Bryan, Ernest Emmett Thompson Native American; Kaw 84.3049 hide (buck), glass, thread, cotton, rhinestones, copper
Man's beaded leather leggings with fringe and yellow dye Unidentified Native American; Southern Cheyenne 84.1742a-b hide, glass, dye
Wooden awl with beaded awl case Unidentified, Emil William Lenders Native American; Osage 84.722a-b wood, glass, metal
White doeskin woman's dress with fringe at the hem and sleeve. Unidentified, Ernest Emmett Thompson, Mary and Lawrence Bryan Native American; Central Plains 84.3053 hide (deer), glass, mescal
Yellow dyed buckskin dress with beaded geometric designs Unidentified Native American; Oc'eti S'akowin (Sioux) (artist and user) 84.1797 metal, glass, hide, dye
Beaded leather awl case with geometric design Unidentified Native American; possibly Cheyenne 84.725 rawhide, semi-tanned hide, sinew, glass beads
Woman's beaded leggings Unidentified Native American; possibly Kiowa 84.463a-b hide, glass, metal
Child's wool beaded breechcloth Unidentified Native American; possibly Osage 84.2122 wool, cotton, glass
Toy cradleboard Unidentified, Wieghorst Studio Collection, Olaf Wieghorst Native American; possibly Apache (artist and user) 84.2380 hide, wood, glass, cotton
Leather bag with beaded thunderbird design Unidentified Native American; Kiowa 84.598 hide, glass
Beaded wrist cuffs with geometric designs Unidentified Native American 84.2807a-b glass
Native American Church beaded fan handle with geometric designs Ernest Mihecoby Native American; Comanche 84.2993 wood, glass, brass, hide, horsehair, dye