Weapons & Shields

This knife sheath is hand made by Oglala Lakota artist Kevin Fast Horse. He uses commercially tanned leather to make the sheath and decorates it with Czech beads in yellow, black, red, green, brown, topaz, white, and crystal clear to create the wolf and...

This knife sheath is hand made by Oglala Lakota artist Kevin Fast Horse. He uses commercially tanned leather to make the sheath and decorates it with Czech beads in black, topaz, red, and blue to create the dragonfly and geometric design.  The...

Native American artist Travis Tremblay, Listuguj Mi’kmaq Canada, creates a time honored piece, the neck knife set. Worn around your neck, this style of knife is small and hangs from a decorated hanger. Would have been used for digging, cutting but...

Created by Eric Iron Star, Cheyenne River Sioux Nation, he uses hand cut glass Italian beads on soft leather for his beadwork and then wraps it around a rawhide sheath. Eric finishes the piece with an antique knife, dyed orange feather fluffs attached to...

This knife sheath is hand made by Oglala Lakota artist Kevin Fast Horse. He uses commercially tanned leather to make the sheath and decorates it with Czech beads in yellow, black, red, green, topaz, and light blue to create the deer and the geometric...

This knife sheath is hand made by Oglala Lakota artist Kevin Fast Horse. He uses commercially tanned leather to make the sheath and decorates it with Czech beads in yellow, black, topaz, red, and white to create the antelope and the geometric design. The...

This knife sheath is hand made by Oglala Lakota artist Kevin Fast Horse. He uses commercially tanned leather to make the sheath and decorates it with Czech beads in brown, green, blue, yellow, Cheyenne pink, red, white, and black to create the turtle and...

Created by Native American beadwork artist Travis Tremblay, Listuguj Mi’kmaq Canada, using hand cut glass Italian beads. These are the old stock beads with special finishes to make the colors vibrant.  Travis puts his beadwork on commercially...

This knife sheath is hand made by Oglala Lakota artist Kevin Fast Horse. He uses commercially tanned leather to make the sheath and decorates it with Czech beads in black, yellow, amber, crystal, green, and blue to create the buffalo and geometric design...

Oglala Lakota quillwork artist Caroline Ravenshead creates an Old West style holster and then decorates the piece with commercially dyed quills and old stock hand cut glass Italian beads. This piece can be used as the inside body of the holster is stiff...

Oglala Lakota artist Kevin Fast Horse Sr., uses natural commercially tanned leather to create the knife sheath and hand beads in royal blue, red, orange, yellow, black and white his signature geometric pattern.  He also accents it with fringe and...

Oglala Lakota artist Kevin Fast Horse Sr., uses natural commercially tanned leather to create the knife sheath and hand beads in red, yellow, green, and blue his signature geometric pattern.  He also accents it with fringe and loop for a belt to go...

Inspired by the American flag, Lakota artist Frank Night Pipe paints a stylized version of the American flag onto the shield.  The artist further decorates the shield with a red felt drop and four imitation eagle feathers representing the four...

Oglala Lakota artist Kevin Fast Horse Sr., uses natural commercially tanned leather to create the knife sheath and hand beads the geometric as well as small tipi design against a forest green background.  He also accents it with fringe and loop for...

Native American artist Travis Tremblay, Listuguj Mi’kmaq Canada, uses dyed porcupine quills and glass beads on deer leather to create this knife sheath.  Travis cleans and dyes the quills with commercial dye, he uses the glass beads to edge...

Hand Painted by Native American artist Mike McLeod, Bad River Band Chippewa, he uses the distinctive color scheme of green, yellow and red for his beadwork design, imitating the service ribbon. Mike adds a large piece of red wool cloth, abalone shells,...

Native American Beadwork artist Leaf Lanz, Oglala Lakota Nation, creates an old style of trade era knife and sheath sets.  Leaf uses glass beads on brain tanned deer hide. The knife is an antique trade items. Measures:Sheath: Length 13 1/2 |...

Hand made by local Oglala Lakota artist Jared Lanz, he uses glass beads to create his Hills with Blue Skies design. Jared attaches his beadwork to smoked deer hide. He finishes the piece with leather thongs and a useable knife. Measures:Length 13...

Painted by Non-Native American artist Dan Chapman, Sturgis, SD. Bears were honored as a powerful spirit, noted for their bravery and fighting strength. By depicting the bear image on his shield, the warrior received the bear's attributes in battle. In...

Created by non-Native American artist Dan Chapman, and inspired by a Woodlands design, this bow set features a leather bow case, a beaver pelt quiver, long leather fringe, and decorated arrows.The set includes (1) bow and (3) arrows. The bow case is made...

Painted by Non-Native American artist Dan Chapman, Sturgis, SD. The Bear Lance has a bear claw cut out of the hand-forged point and is trimmed with red trade cloth, imitation eagle feathers, horse hair, rooster tail feathers and leather fringes and...

Created by non-Native American artist Dan Chapman, this axe exhibits trademark Native American inspired craft - from a stylized bear claw insignia, cut from the hand-forged head to the leather wrapped wooden handle. Fringes, Italian glass beads, red...

Created by non-Native American artist Dan Chapman, this lance was designed to be rammed, not thrown, the trick to using a lance was to let go at the right moment so as to get maximum force without toppling horse and rider. The leather fringe decorating a...

Created by non-Native American artist Dan Chapman, and inspired by a Plains Indian design, this bow set features a tapered bow case, a quiver with beaded details, long leather fringe, and decorated arrows.The set includes (1) bow and (3) arrows. The bow...