| Product Number |
Product
Description |
Price |
| 98-055 |
Brain tanned buckskin is entirely hand worked to produce a velvety, light tan hide. The hides are about 9 square feet and have no holes. Any holes are sewn shut with sinew. |
$299.00 |
| 98-065 |
White version of the brain tanned Elk hide are soft, light and airy hides. |
$220.00 |
| 98-070 |
Smoked version of the Elk hide. |
$230.00 |
| 98-075 |
Large bull Elk hides. |
$325.00 |
| 98-080 |
BRAIN-TANNED BUFFALO ROBE Large head-off bison with prime 'hair' about 8 feet long (not counting tail) and 7 feet wide (55 Sq Ft) |
$825.00 |
98-095
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'BRAIN TANNED BUFFALO ROBES have plush winter wool. These are skinned by the historic Indian method to produce a symmetrical shape. The hand-tanning and softening is a elkhorn scraper [wahintke]. The robes are used on beds, floors, or as wearing blankets. Since buffalo have wool, they do not shed and can withstand heavy use.
Indians believed that the animal lost its power if the head was separated; therefore the Indians removed the skin from the skull to tan the hide. Later the face was sewn flat. Robes such as this were reserved for wearing and ceremony. Size 10 feet long and 7 1/2 feet wide |
$1050.00 |
| 98-110 |
Buffalo bladders are blown up like a balloon and dried. They server as water containers, food storage bags, and quill envelopes. ONE SIZE ONLY. Needs to be shipped separately. |
$28.00 |
| 98-115 |
BUFFALO BLADDER POUCHES served as a puncture-proof container to store porcupine quills. Indian women owned several of these pouches one for each color. |
$28.00 |
| 98-125 |
Buffalo tail swatters are used as hair ornaments, club handle ornaments, sweat bath brushes, fly swatters or hung on lifting poles. |
$28.00 |
| 98-130 |
Buffalo beards are ear flap tassels on tipis. |
$22.00 |
| 98-140 |
Buffalo "milk" teeth are attached to dresses or worn as a necklace. 1 for $4.50, 10 Teeth for $28.00 |
$4.50 - $28.00 |
| 98-170 |
Buffalo bull scrotum is tanned for use as a tobacco pouch. Winter hide is used so the pouch has the short, dark winter wool. |
$35.00 |
| 98-180 |
Summer buffalo bull scrotum is almost hairless and made into rawhide for rattles. |
$24.00 |
| 98-190 |
Baby bison robes are tanned entirely intact with legs, head and tail. They have reddish hair and white or grayish hair on the sides and flanks. Few of these die each year, so quantity is limited. Used as children's robes or medicine bundles. LIMITED SUPPLY. There is a waiting list of a year or more. All robes come from animals that died naturally from accident or sickness. |
ASK |
| 98-210 |
Buffalo hair ropes are hand braided from eight strands of two-ply hand spun bison wool with a honda loop at one end. These are very rare with several only located in museums.
4 Foot length is $100, 21 foot length is $500. It takes two people to braid this rope. |
$100.00 - $500 |
| 98-220 |
Buffalo leg bone flesher is used to remove fat and adhering meat before beginning tanning. It has a thong wrist strap from the natural tendon opening for an aid in holding the tool. It is made exactly as those made over 300 years ago and are about seven inches in length. |
$28.00 |
| 98-230 |
Buffalo dew claws serve as the cone decoration on dangles. When the wind blows, these dew claws tinkle together to produce the same sound as a walking bison. These are the knobs on the hind side of buffalo feet. |
$2.50 ea. |
| 98-240 |
Buffalo foot bones were toy horses for Plains Indians. The boys used them in pretend games to hunt bison, for which they used bison hoof sheaths. Girls make packs and travois for their bone horses. |
$8.00 |
| 98-250 |
Buffalo hair was used to stuff buckskin pillows, pad saddles or spun and twisted into ropes. A one pound bag is approximately a paper grocery bag amount. 2 pounds will stuff a pillow. |
$18.00 |
| 98-260 |
Buffalo rawhide ropes were made of the heaviest bull hides and were about 5/8 inch wide. They were used as tipi typing ropes, liner ropes, ear flap ropes and horse gear. General length is about 38 feet. |
$200.00 |
| 98-270 |
BUFFALO RAWHIDE fleshed and the wool scraped off in the historic manner of long ago. Each is the back half of trophy buffalo bull suitable for moccasin soles or painted par fleche. They are whitish in color and average 8 feet tall by 4 feet wide. |
$340.00 |
| 98-290 |
Buffalo Chips served as fuel for fires and was used as powder on babies. |
$4.00 |
| 98-295 |
Buffalo chips, 3 Count. |
$15.00 |
| 98-300 |
Awl case sewing utensil case worn on the belt by the women. Contains the materials used in sewing. |
$28.00 |
| 98-320 |
Buffalo hair pouch about 9 by 11 inches with buckskin bound edges as made by the Plains Indians. They were used by men and women to store belongings at their side |
$60.00 |
| 98-340 |
Buffalo Hoof Sheath served as bead containers or several were strung to serve as a tipi door rattle and simulated bison for children's games. |
$6.50 |
| 98-341 |
Buffalo Hoof Sheath, Set of Three. |
$15.00 |
| 98-360 |
Buffalo Bull Penis Canes were dried and stretched to nearly 2 and 1/2 feet long riding club or dance cane. |
$35.00 |
| 98-370 |
Buffalo shoulder blades. |
$23.00 |
| 98-372 |
Buffalo Shoulder Blade. Add a wooden handle lashed with rawhide became a hoe. Has special shipping needs. |
$115.00 |
| 98-375 |
Buffalo Shoulder Ridge. Was sharpened to become a knife. |
$28.00 |
| 98-390 |
Moccasin buffalo rawhide enough for 1 pair. |
$28.00 |
| 98-400 |
Buffalo winter hair moccasins have the warm wool on the inside. People who have suffered cold feet have not had a problem after receiving a pair. Even the sole is insolated with bison wool. These are custom made from a tracing of both feet. Each pair is soft soled, sinew sewn moccasins, made as the Indians did for cold outdoor living. |
$200.00 |
| 98-411 |
Buffalo center ribs are wider. BUFFALO RIBS were used to make awls, sleds, bone arrow heads or in the game of 'snow snake'. [a] Short Ribs $7.00, [b] Medium Ribs $10.00, [c] Center Ribs (2 1/2 feet long) $15.00 This product has special shipping needs. |
$7.00 - $15.00 |
| 98-420 |
BUFFALO BONE AWL is used for puncturing holes when sinew-sewing. This is made from a bison rib and was used before needles were introduced. [A] one for $20.00, [B]2 for $35.00 |
$20 - $35.00 |
| 98-430 |
Buffalo bone paint brushes are made from the hump bone. These were used by tribes to paint designs on robes or par fleches, tipis and liners. Each is better than today's brushes since it does not flair as do bristles and it is porous to allow long use before it runs out of color. Artists used one for each of their colors. 1 for $8.00 [B] set of 4 for $25.00 |
$8.00 - $25.00 |
| 98-431 |
Set of four bone brushes. |
$25.00 |
| 98-460 |
"Step-by-step brain tanning the Sioux way" by Larry Belitz. Twelfth printing. Includes a leather sample stapled to the front cover. |
$4.50 |
| 98-470 |
Scrapper blades of high-tungsten steel for scrapers. It is send sharpened and in a buckskin pouch. |
$15.00 |
| 98-480 |
Buffalo hand made soap. Made from 100% bison tallow. Used to wash hides. 1 for $5.00, 4 for $25.00 |
$5.00 - $25.00 |
| 98-500 |
BUFFALO RIB ARROW WRENCH is for bending crooked arrow shafts through a hole in the rib to straighten them. and a notch along the rib's edge scratched "blood grooves". |
$11.00 |
| 98-505 |
BUFFALO SINEW is about 30 inches long and served as the Indian's 'thread'. Each sinew strip or tendon has nearly a hundred threads for sewing or backing bows. |
$25.00 |
| 98-510 |
DEER SINEW strips are about 18 inches long. |
$14.00 |
| 98-515 |
ELK SINEW strips are about 24 inches long. |
$22.00 |
| 98-520 |
BUFFALO HORN CAPS are naturally hollow, unlike the female horns, so were used to make spoons, bowls or cups. They were used on medicine headdresses or on split horn bonnets. Each is about fourteen inches along the outside curve. |
$35.00 |
| 98-525 |
BUFFALO HORN EATING UTENSILS were made from the buffalo horn caps. They were cut and steamed into a delicate bend. Each person ownedtheir own soup spoon, bowl and cup. [A] CUPS $55.00 [B] BOWLS $80.00 [C] SPOONS $85.00 [D] LADLES $ 95.00 |
$55.00 - $95.00 |
| 98-530 |
EARTH COLORS collected from various clay hillsides serves as Indian paints. This, mixed with water and hide glue, was used on hides, weapons and as war paints. Colors available are [A] RED, [ B] YELLOW, [C] BLUE , [D] GREEN, [ E] BLACK, [F] WHITE, and [G] TAN. $5.50 each HIDE GLUE made from hide scraps. [ H ] $4.00 |
$4.00 - $5.50 |
| 98-540 |
BUFFALO BOX WITH CONTENTS for showing the numerous uses of the buffalo. Twenty items of the buffalo are described regarding their use. Box with contents $425.00, Box only $200.00 |
$200.00 - 425.00 |
| 98-560 |
LAKOTA QUILLWORK DVD Art and legend is a 27 minute film showing porcupine quill sew-down by Flossie Bear Robe and wrapping by Alice Blue Legs, winner of the National heritage Master Award. |
$22.00 |
| 98-570 |
"BRAIN TANNING BISON ROBES THE NATIVE AMERICAN WAY" DVD A 52 minute film illustrating the historic tanning method. |
$25.00 |
| 98-580 |
"THE BUFFALO HIDE TIPI OF THE SIOUX" This 92 page hard cover book examines the entire process of making and living in a buffalo hide tipi. [110 pictures and 3 diagrams.] It describes brain-tanning buffalo hides, the positioning of hides in the cover, how to erect a tipi and etiquette rules. This book is based on first hand knowledge from over 50 buffalo hide tipis constructed over the years. |
$36.00 |
