A great heirloom for your special little one or an elegant reproduction to decorate your home or cabin with. Traditionally given to newborns, this Lakota style baby bison robe is brain tanned and painted with earth pigments and hide glue. Baby bison robes are very rare. Only a few are available each year. These have died from natural causes and are tanned with the face, legs, and tail in tack preserving their historical significance and authenticity. Little boys typically had robes painted with the sun burst pattern shown in this picture. While little girl's robes were traditionally painted with a box and border design. Please contact me for availability.

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A great heirloom for your special little one or an elegant reproduction to decorate your home or cabin with. Traditionally given to newborns, this Lakota style soft cradle cover is made from all authentic materials. Elk parflech and brain tanned deer make up the body of the cover. It is lined with reproduction Lewis & Clark trade cloth. Beads are mixture of antique and reproduction seed beads. Four quilled rosettes with quilled drops and deer toe tips decorate the sides. The quilled umbilical cord fetish and beaded baby moccasins are sold separately. Please allow 12 weeks for delivery.

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This is a museum quality work of art. It debuted this year at the Western Design Conference in Jackson, WY where it won Honorable Mention in the "Art To Wear" category. It was also exhibited at Style West in Cody, WY and is featured at Contemporary Western Design, and Contemporary Maker's websites.

Patterned after the hunting coats of the Naskapi, Montagnais and Eastern Cree Indians who inhabited the Quebec and Ontario region of Canada, this coat is historically correct in its creation from the brain tanned hides to the 7500 hand sewn real elk sinew stitches that are 2mm apart. It has a beautiful modern cut to the supple leather that is painted in traditional earth pigments mixed with egg whites, something that took 600 hours to accomplish with toothpicks and sharpened sticks.

This coat is not a replica, but rather a modern interpretation using authentic methods and materials. Only 150 of the original coats remain in existence today in a handful of museums and private collections. They represent the peak of the artistic, religious and cultural tradition of these Indians between the early 1700's through the late 1800's.

This coat has sold to a collector. However if you would like something similar feel free to contact me for a custom order.

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Handforged spike head with carbon steel bit forgewelded into cutting edge, decorative filework on top of blade & heat treated for use just like the old originals.

Hickory haft with 3/4 deer rawhide cover; "heart cut-out" in rawhide, small brass nails; (8) brass tacks; (3) deerskin overwraps; decorative (removable) drop with glass beads, aged brass beads, bone hairpipes, aged metal cones, horsehair & feathers.

Signed with White Wolf touchmark.......a heart with a "W" inside.

These adorable baby moccasins are made from real brain tan and beaded. Sizes infant through toddler. Please allow 4-6 weeks delivery.

These fully beaded moccasins are made with real brain tan deer and sewn with thread. They are available in a variety of sizes. The ones pictured are a size 9. Please allow 4-6 weeks delivery.

Handforged spike head (7-1/2" to 8" long) with carbon steel bit forgewelded into the cutting edge, decorative filework on the top of the blade & tempered for use like the old originals.

Deer rawhide wrap on hickory haft with spiral groove formed while wet; decorated copper ban; (8) brass tacks, iron top plate with filework, deerskin overwrap below head, decorative (removable) drop with glass beads, aged brass beads, bone hairpipes, aged metal cones, horsehair & feathers.

Signed with White Wolf touchmark.......a heart with a "W" inside.

The Horse in the Blackfoot Culture and The Horse and Dog in the Hidatsu Culture, both describe in detail the use of a soft pad saddle, made from brain tanned leather, stuffed with buffalo hair, and cottonwood stirrups covered with buffalo rawhide. These saddles were used by men, on short hunting or war party trips.

Jean’s saddles are not just made to look like the real thing, but she actually rides them. This saddle is a real, usable saddle.

Jean brain tans her own leather and hand dyes the porcupine quills, to make each piece a truly unique and beautiful piece of art. If you are a re-enactor or just want to own a beautiful example of porcupine quill work, Jean’s work is the best. Please allow 4-6 weeks delivery.

Jean brain tans her own leather and hand dyes the porcupine quills, to make each piece a truly unique and beautiful piece of art. If you are a re-enactor or just want to own a beautiful example of porcupine quill work, Jean’s work is the best. Please allow 4-6 weeks delivery.

Jean shows off the diversity of her artistry with this beautiful hand painted brain tanned deer skin robe. It is painted with earth pigments mied with hide glue and painted with sharpened sticks and bone brushes. 3.5 ft 4.5 ft. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.