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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

 

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Item: Type: A Provenance: Price
JFTB8 A very nice and very scarce 32" strand of drilled stone and shell Recovered from Santa Barbara Co., CA (in  695.00
  beads, these are "Indian Made" folks, and are NOT the more Chumash Territory, although these most likely  
  modern trade beads imported from European countries pre-date the Chumash occupation of the area)  

 

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Item: Type: A Provenance: Price
JFTB9 Two VERY LONG - 34" and 38" strands of Trade Beads having a very Recovered from the 695.00
  nice mixture of choice Russian Cobalt Blue Faceted, Red Harts, Painted Columbia River in Oregon   
  Feather trade beads as well as a few other types AND a pierced 1829    
  US Large Cent as the centerpiece to one strand! A MOST unique offering Ex: Richard Hanning collection  

 

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Item: Type: Indian-made drilled Stone Bead Necklace Provenance: Price
DATB3 An Ultra-Rare long strand of medium-sized drilled stone Beads in a Recovered from the famous "Bead Patch" 1,600.00
  nice variety of materials. These were "Indian made" and are much site on the Columbia River in Oregon, just  
  rarer (and older) than the later trade beads brought over by the downstream from the Dalles  
  Europeans.    

 

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Item: Type: Rare Drilled Steatite Bead Necklace Provenance: Price
DATB4 A very stunning, very rare strand of highly polished and drilled  Recovered from the famous "Bead Patch" 1,400.00
  Steatite Beads. These were "Indian-made" and are much rarer (and site on the Columbia River in Oregon, just  
  older) than the later trade beads brought over by the Europeans. downstream from the Dalles  

 

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Item: Type: A Pair of Ancient Drilled Stone Beads Provenance: Price
DATB5 An exceptional pair of "Indian-made" drilled stone beads in Recovered from the famous "Bead Patch" 70.00
  great condition. These are rare, folks! site on the Columbia River in Oregon, just  
    downstream from the Dalles  

 

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Item: Type: Copper Button/Bell Provenance: Price
RPTB38 A very unusual, very dented copper button/bell which still Recovered from 40.00
  rattles! Probably from the days of the early trading companies Northwestern Oregon  
  established along the Columbia River regions. Quite unique. 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: 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   1/20 ON-HOLD jt

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: 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 additionally 5 red hart trade beads. Sacramento area of  
    northeastern California  
    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 3/9 ON-HOLD da
    at Maidu tribal sites  
    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 1/3 ON-HOLD lk
    Hopewell tribe  
    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 1/3 ON-HOLD lk
    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: 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
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 11/19 ON-HOLD sr
  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
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
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
MHTB364 A very nice 29-3/4" strand of highly polished Found in 850.00
  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
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
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 5/14 ON-HOLD om
  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
GBTB10 A very nice 23" strand of pure Northern California - Purchased 85.00
  white pony trade beads in from an estate auction where the  5/14 ON-HOLD om
  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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