Native American Antique and Contemporary Art
JOHN MOLLOY Gallery
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  • Native American Antiques
    • We’wha & the Two Spirit Tradition, Then and Now
    • Beaded Beauty, Early 19th C Haudenosaunee Beaded Bags
    • 19th Century Plains Indian Pipe Bags
    • FIGURES & DOLLS
    • LAKOTA LEDGER DRAWINGS from the Amidon Ledger Book
    • Plains Beauty: ​ 19th Century American Indian ​Garments and Accessories
    • NATIVE AMERICAN DOLLS
    • NATIVE AMERICAN ANTIQUE TOY CRADLES
    • Moccasins, Walking in Splendor
    • Vintage Native American Jewelry and Gallery Highlights - Holiday Show 2016
    • Plains Beadwork and Quirts, New Selections, Summer 2016
    • Knifecases and Tomahawks
    • GEOMETRIES: Parfleche
    • Plains Indian Art
    • Plains Indian Art (2)
    • Plains and Plateau Beadwork
    • Beaded Bags from Columbia River Plateau
    • Three Northern Beaded Bags
    • Across the Rockies, Native American Antique Beadwork
    • AMERICAN RENAISSANCE, 19th Century Plains Indian Art
    • The Painted Parfleche
    • Katsinam 2013
  • Past Shows
    • THE SHAPE OF THINGS, Carter Hodgkin & Drew Shiflett
    • Bob Seng, Surface Tension
    • MUTABILITY, Carter Hodgkin, Drew Shiflett, and Helen O'Leary
    • REPURPOSED, Gerry Hayes
    • TECHNIC/COLOR
    • BUBBLE THEORY
    • INTERSECTIONS
    • PARALLEL PLAY
    • AT HOME: Kate Teale and David Henderson
    • James Havard >
      • James Havard, PRIMAL
      • James Havard, Paint People
      • James Havard, TALKING IN COLORS
      • James Havard, Unquenchable Fire
    • Caroline Blum and Melinda Hackett_New Paintings
    • Matt Magee TYPOLOGIES
    • Tom Huakaas STOP D.A.P.L.
    • INTERNAL LANDSCAPES Vito Desalvo and David Reisman
    • Excavations & Certainties
    • SUEJIN JO, MIGRATION_PASSAGES
    • Walter Robinson
    • GEOMETRIES >
      • GEOMETRIES: Parfleche
      • Geometric Abstraction
    • Matt Magee - PAINTINGS and TEXTCAVATIONS
    • INSOMNIA: Larissa Nowicki
    • Melinda Hackett, SEA GARDEN
  • Essays
    • Names and Roles of Two Spirit People: An Historical Perspective
    • TOY CRADLES FROM THE PLAINS & PLATEAU - essay
    • AMERICAN RENAISSANCE, 19th Century Plains Indian Art - essay
    • Larissa Nowicki INSOMNIA
    • "Birds for Crazy Horse" Tony Fitzpatrick
    • Unquenchable Fire: James Havard’s Recent Paintings
    • Plains Art Before 1860
    • Warrior Art and Artifacts
    • SOME THOUGHTS ON COLLECTING INDIGENOUS ART
    • Art on Horseback
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Knifecases
and
Tomahawks


Arapaho knifecase
Arapaho knifecase, rawhide liner, last quarter 19th century, 9.5” long
Cree Knifecase with fringe
Cree knifecase on moosehide with rawhide liner, circa 1870’s-80’s, 9” without fringe, 15.5” with fringe
Tomahawk Eastern Woodlands
Tomahawk with fur wriststrap - Eastern Woodlands, ex-Heye Foundation, Museum of the American Indian, circa French and Indian War era, 18” long
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Tomahawk with fur wriststrap - Eastern Woodlands, ex-Heye Foundation, Museum of the American Indian, circa French and Indian War era, (close-up) 18” long
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Tomahawk with pewter inlay on the haft - Central Plains - circa 1860 to 1880, (detail) 20.5” long
Tomahawk with pewter inlay
Tomahawk with pewter inlay on the haft - Central Plains - circa 1860 to 1880, 20.5” long
Crow knifecase
Crow knifecase (with red painted hide) with pony-beaded trim, circa 1870’s, 11.5” long excluding fringe, 20” with fringe.
Northern Plains tacked knife case with brass shank tacks
Northern Plains tacked knifecase with brass shank tacks

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