American Icons Collections are a review of historical treasures that have been SOLD by Gary Hendershott

American Indian

01 Sioux Chief War shirt

01 Sioux Chief War shirt

Sioux Chief ‘Rain in the Face’ War shirt

02 Hidatsa Sioux War shirt

02 Hidatsa Sioux War shirt

Hidasta Sioux Quilled War shirt ca. 1850’s

03 Crow war shirt

03 Crow war shirt

Crow pre Little Big Horn war shirt ca. 1860’s

04 Cheyenne Woman dress

04 Cheyenne Woman dress

Cheyenne Woman’s dress ca. 1880’s

05 Sioux war club

05 Sioux war club

Sioux Triple Blade war club, trade knife blades

06 Southern Plains tomahawk

06 Southern Plains tomahawk

Southern Plains ‘ Bleeding Heart ‘ tomahawk

07 Kiowa tomahawk

07 Kiowa tomahawk

Kiowa tomahawk, haft wrapped with brass wire

08 Cheyenne Spontoon tomahawk

08 Cheyenne Spontoon tomahawk

Cheyenne Spontoon ‘Bleeding heart’ tomahawk

09 Sioux tomahawk

09 Sioux tomahawk

Sioux tomahawk, beaded drop with ‘ Horse track’ designs

10 Crow tomahawk

10 Crow tomahawk

Crow tomahawk, hot file brands, beaded drop

11 Cheyenne knife sheath

11 Cheyenne knife sheath

Cheyenne, Battle of Washita, captured beaded knife sheath

12 Navajo Chief’s blanket

12 Navajo Chief’s blanket

Navajo 2nd Phase cochineal dyed raveled Bayeta, classic Chief’s blanket, captured from Ute Indian in Colorado in 1879

13 Navajo Chief’s blanket

13 Navajo Chief’s blanket

Navajo 3rd Phase cochineal dyed raveled Bayeta,  classic Chief’s blanket ex: Lorimer Collection

14 Shawnee quilled bag

14 Shawnee quilled bag

Shawnee Revolutionary War quilled bag depicting Sword Battle between British and American officer’s ca. 1780’s

15 Delaware shoulder bag

15 Delaware shoulder bag

Delaware elaborate beaded shoulder bag

16 Crow Baby cradle

16 Crow Baby cradle

Crow beaded and fringed Baby cradle

17 Kiowa baby cradle

17 Kiowa baby cradle

Kiowa beaded and tacked baby cradle

18 Comanche Baby cradle

18 Comanche Baby cradle

Comanche elaborate pony beaded and tacked Baby cradle

19 Pawnee pipe bowl

19 Pawnee pipe bowl

Pawnee Human Effigy catlanite pipe bowl ca. 1860’s

20 Cheyenne book drawings

20 Cheyenne book drawings

Cheyenne hand drawn ledger book drawings, Custer's Battle of Little Big Horn