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Indian Beads Page

This page contains mostly "bead" items which fall into 6 different categories: 
 
1) Trade beads, glass beads manufactured in various European countries
    and used for trade between the Europeans and the Native Americans,
    mostly from the 18th through 19th centuries
2) Shell beads, used by the Native Americans as adornment and/or for
    inter-tribal bartering. These come in two different forms
   A) Whole shells often strung into a necklace
   B) "Pieces" of shell, (especially the Abalone shell) which were "cut" into
        various shapes and drilled for pendants or necklaces, many of these
        were also "incised" by the natives for additional decoration
3) Dentalium, a conical-shaped shell used as "Wampum" money,
    especially in the western coastal states
4) Metallic, often tubular beads which were made by the Native Americans
    after first contact with the Europeans, and which were made from many
    different European metallic items, such as rifle parts and even old files
5) Stone beads, which are VERY old and were mostly for adornment
6) "Beaded" items such as purses having intricate beadwork are also grouped
    on this page
 
For other "Ornamental" items and pendants, please visit our "Bone & Shell"
pages. These contain more elaborate incised and carved ornamental pendants
made from bone, stone or shells

Item: Type: Beaded "Apron" Price
RPTB14 Alright, I have to confess total ignorance on this most attractive piece of artwork. At first  200.00
I thought that it might be a beaded apron, but it just doesn't seem to match. Suffice it to   1/18 ON-HOLD wj
say that this is a very intricately sewn floral pattern piece, having a multitude of colored
"Seed beads" sewn in a floral pattern on one face only. The beads show quite a bit of 
aging, but they're not ancient. I would date this one to be from the early 1900's and quite
possibly Iroquois in origin. No further provenance was recorded about this item.
Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: Drilled Clamshell Beads Provenance: Price
RPTB17 A most interesting and fairly rare offering of ultra-ultra small drilled clamshell beads,  Only documented as 50.00
at least 94 in number. These were "native made" and pre-date the trade beads which being found in California 12/12 ON-HOLD ks
followed from the 1700's onward. Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: Seed Beads Provenance: Price
RPTB18 A small group of about 35 turquoise and white trade Recovered from the Haithlewalli 50.00
seed beads in excellent condition. Site on the Tallapoosa River in
Alabama
Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: Trade Beads Provenance: Price
RPTB19 A nice little group of 15 varied trade beads All recovered from the 65.00
dating between 1758 to 1800. Town House Hill site,
headquarters of the
Creek Nation
Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: Shell beads Provenance: Price
RPTB20 An interesting trio of drilled shell beads, 2 cylindrical Recovered from 100.00
and one double drilled and incised. Mexico (NFI)
Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: Varied artifacts Provenance: Price
RPTB21 An interesting group of 6 cave find artifacts consisting of 3 Recovered from a cave 50.00
pierced shell beads, one small drilled clamshell bead, a small in Tecolote,
white agate drill used in the manufacturing of shell beads and New Mexico
one iron awl from the post European contact era. Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: Bead group Provenance: Price
RPTB22 A nice, small group of artifacts all recovered from the same site and  Recovered from 40.00
consisting of 3 tubular beads, 1 chevron bead and 3 smaller European Smyth Co., Virginia
trade beads and 1 plain-faced copper button. All of these are post
European contact artifacts. Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: Drilled stone beads Provenance: Price
RPTB23 A nice offering of 4 very scarce individual drilled stone  Recovered from A: SOLD   8/27
beads, which share a common provenance. Poverty Point in B: SOLD   8/27
Please specify the item number AND LETTER when eastern Louisiana C: SOLD  8/27
ordering. Ex: Greg Perino D: 50.00

Item: Type: Stone bead preforms Provenance: Price
RPTB24 A nice offering of 3 very scarce individual stone bead preforms, all  Recovered from A: 45.00 
which share a common provenance. A-has a single shallow dimple on Poverty Point in B: 40.00
one end, B-is partially drilled on one end and has a shallow dimple on eastern Louisiana C: 20.00
the opposing end, C-has rough ends and scoring around the edge of a
single end, and appears to be in the earliest stages of manufacture
Please specify the item number AND LETTER when ordering. Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: Drilled Stone Bead Provenance: Price
TGRTB1 A very rare and very old (pre-European contact) light Offered by the original finder 75.00
brown drilled stone bead in perfect condition. who recovered this one from 11/3 ON-HOLD rd
an ancient site in San Luis
Obispo County, California

Item: Type: Drilled stone beads Provenance: Price
RPTB26 A nice group of 3 drilled (1 partially drilled) red jasper beads All recovered from 80.00
  Poverty Point in
Louisiana
Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: Russian facetted "blues" trade beads Provenance: Price
RPTB27 A nice 18" strand of small-sized facetted Russian blue trade Undocumented, but 150.00
beads, approximately 45 "loose" Russian facetted blue beads most likely from the
and an additionaly 5 red hart trade beads. Sacramento area of
northeastern California
Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: Varied trade beads Provenance: Price
RPTB28 A short, 11-1/4" strand of various European trade beads which Recovered from  50.00
includes Russian facetted types, attributed to the Maidu tribe. Northeastern California 12/7 ON-HOLD ck
in Maidu territory
Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: Venetian trade beads Provenance: Price
RPTB29 A very attractive 27" strand of small-sized red hart Only documented as being from the  175.00
Venetian trade beads western United States. (most likely
northern California)
Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: European trade beads Provenance: Price
RPTB30 A very diverse 34" strand of early European Recovered from 200.00
Maidu trade beads northeastern California  
at Maidu tribal sites
Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: Rare drilled river pearl beads Provenance: Price
RPTB31 A very unusual and quite rare offering of Recovered from Illinois 75.00
5 drilled river pearl beads. and attributed to the
Hopewell tribe
Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: Rare drilled river pearl beads Provenance: Price
RPTB32 A very unusual and quite rare offering of 4 drilled Recovered from Illinois 65.00
river pearl beads, 1 which is quite over-sized for type and attributed to the
Hopewell tribe
Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: Russian facetted trade beads Provenance: Price
RPTB33 A very nice and varied 14" strand of Russian facetted trade Undocumented but 150.00
beads. This strand has just about every known color of this most likely from 12/13 ON-HOLD sw
scarce bead type. (Green is fairly scarce while the purples northeastern California
are outright rare!) in the Sacramento area
Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: Rare drilled river pearl beads Provenance: Price
RPTB35 A very unusual and quite rare offering of 5 Recovered from Illinois 75.00
drilled river pearl beads. and attributed to the
Hopewell tribe
Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: New York artifacts Provenance: Price
RPTB36 An unusual and diverse group of very late period trade beads,  Found in New York 50.00
some of which almost look modern to me, coupled with 2, much and attributed to the
older brass buttons and a single copper bead Iroquois Mohawk tribe
Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: Seed trade bead lot Provenance: Price
RPTB37 A small group of approximately 50 ultra-ultra small banded red Undocumented, but 35.00
seed beads with a couple of slightly larger seed trade beads most likely from the
western states
Ex: Greg Perino

Item: Type: Ultra-small Clamshell Beads Provenance: Price
TCPTB1 A nice, short 2-3/8" strand of very small and delicate Recovered from 45.00
hand-drilled clamshell beads in very good condition. Santa Fe, NM
(details to buyer)

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHTB1329 A 17-1/2" strand of ultra-ultra small Recovered in SOLD
polished and drilled soapstone Anasazi Navajo Co., AZ  
beads in excellent condition

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHTB1533 A dark green drilled steatite Bead having Recovered from an ancient 100.00
diagonal incised patterns all along it's sides, site in San Jose, CA
which also appear to have been "painted" red.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
RPTB2 An attractive highly polished light tan Recovered from the 75.00
cylindrical stone bead, fully drilled but Poverty Point Site in
broken and glued in recent times NE Louisiana (16WC5)
Ex: Perino

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
RPTB3 Now this one's cute! A somewhat polished triangular red Recovered from the 50.00
catlinite stone Bead which was never completely drilled for Poverty Point Site in
suspension. It shows a good start of the drilling process at NE Louisiana (16WC5)
either end and has a single dimple on one side face from an
additional drilling effort. An interesting study of the old
technology used in creating adornments in the olden days. Ex: Perino

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
RPTB5 An attractive red catlinite drilled cylindrical stone bead, in Recovered from the 50.00
good condition but having some rough, asymmetrical  Poverty Point Site in
sections, possibly made by a junior bead making apprentice. NE Louisiana (16WC5)
The two drilled ends just "barely" met in the center, by a
stroke of pure dumb luck on the part of it's creator Ex: Perino

 

RARE, Spiro Mound Shell Beads!

A nice offering of clam and olivella shell beads recovered from the famous pre-Columbian Caddoan Spiro Mound site in Oklahoma... I'd venture to say that it will be a very long time, if ever, that you'll see another offering of ANY legally obtained artifacts which came from this well known Mississippian Era site!

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
RPTB6 A nice cross-section of drilled clam and olivella shell beads, in very Recovered from the 120.00
good condition. This lot consists of 1 large disk, 1 large cylindrical, Spiro Mound site in 12/10 ON-HOLD mb
1 smaller disk bead, 25 small cylindrical and 10 olivella shell beads. Oklahoma
Ex: Perino

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
RPTB8 A nice cross-section of drilled clam and olivella shell beads, in very Recovered from the Spiro 110.00
good condition. This lot consists of 1 large disk, 1 large cylindrical, Mound site in Oklahoma
1 smaller disk bead, 20 small cylindrical and 10 olivella shell beads. Ex: Perino

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
RPTB10 A nice cross-section of drilled clam and olivella shell beads, in very good Recovered from the Spiro 110.00
condition. This lot consists of 1 large disk, 1 large cylindrical, 20 small Mound site in Oklahoma
cylindrical and 10 olivella shell beads, some having slight damage. Ex: Perino

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
RPTB11 A nice cross-section of drilled clam and olivella shell beads, in Recovered from the Spiro 110.00
very good condition. This lot consists of 1 large disk, 1 large Mound site in Oklahoma
cylindrical, 20 small cylindricals and 6 olivella shell beads. Ex: Perino

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
VMTB1 A nice grouping of 10 drilled Clamshell Disk Beads, From an older collection 50.00
2 of which are MUCH larger than the norm gathered near Susanville in
Lassen Co., CA

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
VMTB2 A nice grouping of 4 drilled Clamshell Disk From an older collection 25.00
Beads, 2 of which are slightly over-sized for type gathered near Susanville in
Lassen Co., CA

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
VMTB3 A nice grouping of 9 drilled From an older collection SOLD
Clamshell Disk Beads gathered near Susanville in 12/13
Lassen Co., CA

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
VMTB4 A nice grouping of 9 drilled From an older collection 25.00
Clamshell Disk Beads gathered near Susanville in
Lassen Co., CA

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
VMTB5 A nice grouping of 15 smaller From an older collection 25.00
drilled Clamshell Disk Beads gathered near Susanville in
Lassen Co., CA

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
VMTB6 A nice grouping of 9 drilled From an older collection 25.00
Clamshell Disk Beads gathered near Susanville in
Lassen Co., CA

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
VMTB7 A miscellaneous lot of 17 drilled From an older collection 25.00
Clamshell Disk Beads gathered near Susanville in
Lassen Co., CA

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
RMTB1 An Exquisite and Extremely RARE delicate Recovered in 1,600.00
Mogollon 18" drilled steatite and turquoise bead Navajo Co., AZ
necklace in perfect condition and having a gorgeous (Anasazi Territory)
steatite Bird Effigy which is highly polished and
totally intact, created by a master craftsman who
really knew what he was doing. It dates between
1150 and 1275 A.D. and comes with a Hyatt SOP

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHTB1468 A very attractive 10" strand of drilled Undocumented, most 250.00
and polished rectangular clamshell likely NE California
beads. These are quite scarce.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHTB1470 A prehistoric black tubular polished Recovered in 130.00
steatite necklace bead. San Mateo Co., CA

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHTB1471 A very nice and highly polished black Recovered in 150.00
steatite drilled bead in excellent condition. San Mateo Co., CA

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHTB1472 A very nice, highly polished dark green steatite Recovered in 150.00
prehistoric drilled bean bead in excellent condition San Mateo Co., CA

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHTB1473 A most unusual dark brown prehistoric Recovered in 85.00
stone drilled cylindrical bead having 4 Kerman, California
black veins which form a cross when in Fresno County
viewed from either end.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHTB1478 A cute little packet of 5 ground Recovered in SOLD
and drilled slate beads Delta, British Columbia  

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DFTB2 A nice set of 4 rolled copper beads having the typical  Recovered on private 40.00
green patination. One of the pieces still has a section property along the Snake
of cordage used to string these into a necklace River in Washington

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
SATB1 A very nice 14-1/2" strand of teeny Found in 120.00
tiny white, red and dark blue "Pony  Lake Co., CA
beads" in excellent condition. (It has
one single pinkish lavender pony
bead shown in photo 4)

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHTB364 A very nice 29-3/4" strand of highly polished Found in 650.00
and drilled blue-black steatite disc-shaped Contra Costa Co., CA
beads with a single double hourglass shaped
bead. Quite a rare offering

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHTB649 A nice 36" strand of white Recovered near 85.00
pony trade beads in a great Grimes in
variety of assorted sizes Colusa Co., CA
Ex: Michael Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DGTB11 A very nice 32" strand of very Northern California - Purchased 120.00
old white and off-white glass from an estate auction where the
trade beads in excellent condition documentation listing specific site
information was lost; these came 
from a HUGE Pre-World War II
Northern Californian collection 
and judging by the way the
collection was packaged by the
finder, it is assumed that he went
off to war and never returned

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
GBTB12 A highly attractive and totally intact beaded wrist Undocumented, most likely 225.00
guard used as decorative apparel for dances. Southwestern in origin
Age is estimated as being from the 1920's and
the beautiful sky-blue opalescent, red, green,
yellow and blue beads have the original sinew
fiber stringing as well as the original leather end
clasps. Quite a scarce collector's item

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DWTB1 A nice 22" strand of white Recovered from a 85.00
and red glass trade beads Nevada desert campsite

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
GBTB1 A very nice 30" strand of very Northern California - Purchased 100.00
old white and off-white glass from an estate auction where the
trade beads in excellent condition documentation listing specific site
information was lost; these came 
from a HUGE Pre-World War II
Northern Californian collection 
and judging by the way the
collection was packaged by the
finder, it is assumed that he went
off to war and never returned

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
GBTB2 A very nice 34" strand of white Northern California - Purchased f 105.00
and iridescent blue-white glass rom an estate auction where the
trade beads in excellent condition documentation listing specific site
information was lost; these came 
from a HUGE Pre-World War II
Northern Californian collection
and judging by the way the
collection was packaged by the
finder, it is assumed that he went
off to war and never returned

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
GBTB4 A very nice 30" strand of white Northern California - Purchased 100.00
and iridescent blue-white glass from an estate auction where the 
trade beads in excellent condition documentation listing specific site
information was lost; these came 
from a HUGE Pre-World War II
Northern Californian collection
and judging by the way the
collection was packaged by the
finder, it is assumed that he went
off to war and never returned

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
GBTB6 A very nice 29" strand of white Northern California - Purchased 100.00
and iridescent blue-white glass from an estate auction where the 
trade beads in excellent condition documentation listing specific site
information was lost; these came 
from a HUGE Pre-World War II
Northern Californian collection
and judging by the way the
collection was packaged by the
finder, it is assumed that he went
off to war and never returned

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
GBTB7 A highly attractive 35" strand of Northern California - Purchased 110.00
  mostly white and tan with a from an estate auction where the   
couple of black and red pony documentation listing specific site
trade beads in excellent condition information was lost; these came 
from a HUGE Pre-World War II
Northern Californian collection
and judging by the way the
collection was packaged by the
finder, it is assumed that he went
off to war and never returned

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
GBTB8 A very nice 37" strand of white Northern California - Purchased 120.00
and red glass trade beads in from an estate auction where the 
excellent condition documentation listing specific site
information was lost; these came 
from a HUGE Pre-World War II
Northern Californian collection
and judging by the way the
collection was packaged by the
finder, it is assumed that he went
off to war and never returned

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
GBTB9 A very nice 31" strand of white Northern California - Purchased 90.00
and red with black centers glass from an estate auction where the 
trade beads in good condition documentation listing specific site
information was lost; these came 
from a HUGE Pre-World War II
Northern Californian collection
and judging by the way the
collection was packaged by the
finder, it is assumed that he went
off to war and never returned

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
GBTB10 A very nice 23" strand of pure Northern California - Purchased 85.00
white pony trade beads in from an estate auction where the 
excellent condition documentation listing specific site
information was lost; these came 
from a HUGE Pre-World War II
Northern Californian collection
and judging by the way the
collection was packaged by the
finder, it is assumed that he went
off to war and never returned

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