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Native American Folk Art

NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE

Native American broadly describes any Indigenous people in North America and encompasses hundreds of tribes and groups, all with distinct cultures. Native American–style furniture and decor likewise varies widely, from pieces created by Indigenous people to those appropriated by non-native designers.

Indigenous furniture’s rich heritage includes the bentwood boxes of the Northwest Coast carved from cedar for storing household or ceremonial objects. Generations of Native American people have made baskets for holding household items, with those in the Northeast using sweetgrass and those in the Southeast using pine needles and wicker. Artisans in the Plateau region wove watertight pieces like cradles from plant materials. Although these objects were intricately made, they were usually utilitarian rather than decorative.

The colonization of North America and the removal of Indigenous people from their lands led to the suppression of these practices. Many styles that used Native American motifs — such as Southwestern style, which was heavily influenced by the geometric patterns of Navajo textiles — have historically not involved Indigenous creators and, instead, have taken their traditions without their tribal context.

When decorating a home with Native American–style furniture, it is important to do so respectfully, by understanding the origins of motifs and objects and examining who profits from their sale. There are now Indigenous-led companies, such as Cherokee designer Cray Bauxmont-Flynn’s Amatoya and Totem House Design, promoting Indigenous work in furniture and home decor. Supporting Indigenous artists and artisans is essential to confronting the still pervasive issue of cultural appropriation in design.

Find a collection of Native American living room furniture, folk art, rugs and carpets, decorative objects and other items on 1stDibs.

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Style: Native American
Vintage Inuit Beaded Belt, Signed, Canada, circa 1960 s
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Inuit beaded belt - hand sewn - combination of black and multi-color opaque and semi-translucent beads - white metal buckle - one fixed belt loop...
Category

Mid-20th Century Canadian Native American Folk Art

Materials

Beads

Yea Navajo Indian Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large neutral Yea- Navajo weaving is in fine condition. It is in unusual colors.
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Yea Navajo  Indian Weaving
Yea Navajo  Indian Weaving
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Small Warrior Spirit Mask, Northwest Coast by Charlie Mickey, Nootka Nation
By Charlie Mickey
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A small warrior spirit mask Northwest Coast Carved and polychrome decorated mask with horse hair, Hand carved by Charlie Mickey (1910-1988), Hesquiah...
Category

Mid-20th Century Canadian Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wood

White Mountain Apache Olla Basket
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
Native American Apache olla basket. Large olla with lightning and box geometric designs in dark and red colors. Well- woven with nice patina. Some s...
Category

19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

Grey Wolf Kachina Doll Hand Carved Signed by Artist
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully detailed and decorated wolf figure Kachina doll with fur. Signed by the artist on the base. From a collection of Native American objects an...
Category

20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Fur, Leather, Wood, Paint

Pair of Native American Rawhide Pom Pom Snowshoes, Late 19th-Early 20th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A great set of Native American Indian pom pom snowshoes with the traditional bent wood form with woven rawhide feet supports. From a larger collection of Native American artifacts...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Leather, Wood

Pair of Navajo Indian Striped Saddle Blanket Weaving Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a vibrant yet simple striped pattern Indian weaving saddle blanket pillows. Sold as a pair. Great condition.
Category

1930s American Vintage Native American Folk Art

Materials

Cotton, Linen, Wool

Navajo Indian Weaving Eye Dazzler Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Navajo Indian weaving eye dazzler bolster pillow. Zippered sham. Feather and down insert.
Category

20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Fantastic Large Mexican Indian Weaving Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Mexican Indian Weaving Pillow. This Pillow is beautiful. Nice Quality Linen Backing and zippered casing. Feather and down Insert.
Category

20th Century Mexican Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

19th-Century Southern Cheyenne Beaded Moccasins with Tipi Motifs, Plains Art
Located in Denver, CO
This exceptional pair of 19th-century Southern Cheyenne beaded moccasins, circa 1880, is a rare and authentic example of Plains Native American craftsm...
Category

1880s American Antique Native American Folk Art

Materials

Hide, Beads

Zabihi Collection Antique American Navajo Tribal Rug
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th Century American Navajo tribal blanket weaving. T Details rug no. j3922 size 2'11'' x 4' 6"
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Hand Carved Wood Totem Pole
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice hand carved and painted wood totem pole, circa 1970s. The totem stands and 26" H with a 16.5" wingspan and is in excellent condition for its age...
Category

Mid-20th Century Canadian Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Hand Carved Wood Totem Pole
Hand Carved Wood Totem Pole
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Lance Joseph (Squamish, Salish B. 1957) Carved Hand Painted Figural Column
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A strongly carved Figural Column by noted Coast Salish artist, Lance Joseph Joseph was born in 1957 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This carved figural totem, larger than l...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wood

"A Group Of California Indians" Wood Cut Engraving. C 1856. Very Rare. Americana
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is a very rare and important original image of early Western Americana, or more specifically, "Californiana". Mid 19th century and researched to have been engraved in 1856, it captures, in incredible detail, a group of twelve Native American Indians with a baby in a papoose, gathered together in front of their hanging tools, baskets, implements and weaponry behind them on a "tent like" backdrop. There are men, women, young, and elderly. It is a signed wood cut engraving applied in ink by well known wood cut engraver of the mid 19th century, William J. Peirce (active 1851-1879). It is in excellent all original condition with no additions, no restoration of any kind and it is housed in it's original 1 1/2" double beveled wooden birds eye maple veneered frame with a gilt 1/2" filet interior border. "A Group Of California Indians" is engraved at the base along with a non-descript notation "For description see page 381" which appears in the margin, in addition to an illegible signature. Both these line items are also noted by the New York Public Library, where a digital example exists from the esteemed collection of "The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division Picture Collection", which was assembled in 1986 and recently digitalized. The Library of Congress also memorializes this image and theirs is similarly a digital image. My example came out of the Grant Smith Collection of "Californiana", as is noted on the back of the framed engraving. He was located at Main Street in Bolinas, California (see images on the rear for provenance). Research reveals that he was a direct descendant of the coastal Miwok people who built a settlement in the Bolinas lagoon area. The engraving is referenced in both the New York Library and The Library of Congress as "A Group of California Indians". It is one of the earlier images you will find, along with McKenny and Hall lithographed mages of Native American Indians; and because of it's subject matter and extreme rarity, "A Group Of California Indians" commands attention and interest from the Western art collectors' arena. California became a state on September 9, 1850 making this one of the earliest known images (Circa 1856) of "Californiana" and California Native American...
Category

1850s American Antique Native American Folk Art

Materials

Paper

Vintage Cape Dorset Ptarmigan Inuit Stone Carving, Signed, Canada, C.1960 s
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Cape Dorset Inuit stone carving of a screeching Ptarmigan - fine carving with articulated feathers and feet - signed TR (in Roman - unknown...
Category

Mid-20th Century Canadian Native American Folk Art

Materials

Stone

Cheyenne Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
Pair of Cheyenne beaded moccasins with buffalo hoof motif. Sinew sewn. With colors of green, orange, blue, and white. Right moccasin has water damage t...
Category

Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art

Materials

Hide, Beads

R. S. Macdonald, Raven Stealing the Sun , Framed Drawing, Canada, C.2001
Located in Chatham, ON
R. S. MACDONALD (Unknown/Unidentified Artist) - 'Raven Stealing the Sun' - Aboriginal colored pencil drawing on paper - original metal frame with single matte board and glass - title...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Native American Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Navajo Red Mesa Weaving
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
Navajo Red Mese wool weaving. Exceptional bright colors in tones of red, orange, blue, yellow, grey and cream. Having repeating geometric crystal patterns with serrated border. Brigh...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

P. VILLENEUVE - Les Patineurs - Framed Watercolor Painting - Canada - C.1993
Located in Chatham, ON
PIERRETTE VILLENEUVE (b.1944 - Aboriginal Metis Huron Wendat) - 'Les Patineurs - Canal Rideau' (The Ice Skaters - Rideau Canal) - Vintage watercolor painting on paper - original meta...
Category

Late 20th Century Canadian Native American Folk Art

Materials

Metal

A Decorative Tribal Kilim Pillow with an Eagle Sitting on a Field of Red
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Pillow made of heavy woven threat / yarn in a field of red with a Bird or Eagle being represented on the top. The Pillow is great as a small accent pillow on a bench of with other...
Category

20th Century Native American Folk Art

Materials

Fabric, Yarn

Doug Lafortune Sr. Salish Carved Wood and Abalone TOTEM Pole
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
72" TOTEM by Doug Lafortune. Salish TOTEM pole of a raven and beaver cedar TOTEM pole. Carved TOTEM pole with abalone and shell inlays. Carved. .72” x 9...
Category

1950s American Vintage Native American Folk Art

Materials

Cedar

Monumental Early Navajo Saddle Blanket Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early striped Navajo weaving bolster pillow has unusual saw tooth pattern in corners. The back is a dark chocolate cotton linen backing. The condition is very good with down and...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool, Linen

Signed Northwest Coast Killer Whale Mask, Attributed to Johnny Johns
Located in Denver, CO
This striking hand-carved wooden mask from the Pacific Northwest Coast powerfully embodies the rich artistic traditions and cultural symbolism of Indigenous coastal peoples. Featurin...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Bentwood

Antique American Navajo Ivory Tribal Rug
Located in New York, NY
A highly decorative 20th-century American Navajo rug with a geometric tribal design with pink, cream ,camel and brown accents Measures: 3'5'' x 6'2''.
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

1900 Kiowa Hair Drop
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
Kiowa hair drop on stroud with 2 1/2" German silver conchos attached by brain tanned deer hide column. Buffalo hide parfleche top with red stroud edging, brass tracks and beading. Bo...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Silver

Indigenous Styled Large Handwoven Bird Beak Fancy Lidded Basket
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Indigenous styled lidded basket is presumed to have been made in the United States in circa mid-late 20th century. The maker of the this basket is unknown, but done in the style...
Category

Late 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Reed, Softwood

Navajo Saddle Blanket Pillows, Set of Three
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This set of three Navajo saddle blanket pillows are all from one saddle blanket.
Category

20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Linen, Wool

Thomas B. Maracle Indigenous Canadian Mohawk Stone Carving or Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large Indigenous North American stone carving was done by Thomas B. Maracle of the Mohawk Nation in circa 1985 in his signature Indigenous Folk Art...
Category

Late 20th Century North American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Stone

Early 20th-C Sioux Parfleche Box with Hand-Painted Geometric Designs, c.1900
Located in Denver, CO
This early 20th-century Sioux parfleche box, crafted circa 1900, is an outstanding example of Plains Indian artistry and traditional Native American design. Made from stretched, stif...
Category

Early 1900s American Antique Native American Folk Art

Materials

Hide

Beaded Sioux Patriotic Vest
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
Native American Sioux fully beaded patriotic vest with teepees, crosses and four flags. Sinew sewn on brain tanned deer skin then flour sack lined. 15" at shoulders, 19" at chest, 19...
Category

Late 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Hide, Beads

Pacific Northwest Coast Carved Cedar Killer Whale Rattle
Located in Nantucket, MA
Pacific Northwest coast carved cedar killer whale rattle, by Coastal Salish - Squamish artist Stan Joseph, signed and dated 2012, a beautiful and deeply carved hollow cedar dance rattle in the form of a Killer Whale, with relief carved eyes and mouth, surface striations, and three human faces on the back and tale, with applied pectoral and dorsal fins. Mounted with simple whittled cradle on cedar block base (signed and dated on bottom of base). Hollow interior rattles with entrapped pebbles. The carving was never polychromed and remains in its original natural finish. Excellent condition. Stan Joseph is a Coastal Salish artist from North Vancouver. He began carving in 1962 at the age of twelve, and also ventured into painting and designing totem poles. In 1972 he carved an 80 foot and other huge poles which sold to Germany. In 1980 he carved a 60-foot pole for Sea Span and another one for the Chief Joe Matthias Centre, as well as the welcome figure on the West Vancouver Pier. Stan is now an outstanding master carver who teaches his craft to the next generation of young artists. Stan is also accomplished at making silver and gold jewelry, and teaches this art at the employment center. Stan has been interested in the spiritual dances of the Coast Salish...
Category

2010s American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Cedar

19th Century Apache Large Earthenware Pot
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Apache Large Earthenware Pot, Second Half 19th Century, a very large hand molded clay spheroid vessel, a classic "Olla," with it's original rawh...
Category

Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art

Materials

Earthenware

Indian Weaving Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Indian Weaving Bolster Pillow. Zippered sham. Feather and down insert.
Category

20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Indian Weaving Bolster Pillow
Indian Weaving Bolster Pillow
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Hand Carved Folk Art Soapstone Indian
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand Carved Folk Art soapstone Indian.
Category

20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Soapstone

Mid 20th Century Pueblo Original Paint Decorated Drum
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic rarity is in all original painted surface with the original handmade drum stick attached. The top of the drum has a painted eagle (Possibly added later) and the base h...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Leather

Beautiful Navajo Eye Dazzler Geometric Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Navajo Eye Dazzler geometric bolster pillow. This pillow has a nice texture backing and has a zippered casing. Feather and Down Insert.
Category

20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Fabric, Down, Feathers

Early Navajo Indian Weaving Star Dazzler Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early Navajo Indian Weaving Star Dazzler Bolster pillow. Camel Suede Backing and zippered sham. Feather and down insert.
Category

20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Beautiful Geometric Navajo Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Geometric Navajo Bolster Pillow. Off White, Taupe, Dark Red and Black. Nice Linen Backing. Feather and Down Insert.
Category

20th Century North American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool, Down, Feathers

Navajo Child s Blanket
Located in Sharon, CT
An early blanket.
Category

Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Navajo Eye Dazzler Indian Weaving Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Navajo eye dazzler Indian weaving pillow. Feather and down insert and zippered insert.
Category

20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Antique Acoma Pueblo Polychrome Pottery Water Canteen, 1900
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pottery Canteen Acoma 1900 6 inches Height x 5.50 inches Diameter. Clay, mineral pigments, twined fiber cordage, corn cob. A wonderful example of an antique polychrome Acoma Pueblo...
Category

Early 1900s American Antique Native American Folk Art

Materials

Other

1880s Potawatomi Moccasins, Plains Leather, Northeast Woodlands, Beaded
Located in Denver, CO
This rare and well preserved pair of circa 1880 Potawatomi moccasins is an exceptional example of 19th-century Northeast Woodlands Native American craftsmanship. Hand-stitched from n...
Category

Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art

Materials

Animal Skin, Hide, Leather, Beads

Geometric Indian Weaving Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Geometric Indian Weaving Bolster Pillow. feather and Down Insert.
Category

20th Century Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Indian Weaving Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Indian weaving pillow. Zippered sham. Feather and down insert.
Category

20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Indian Weaving Pillow
Indian Weaving Pillow
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
"Grizzly Bear Chief" Framed Ledger Drawing
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
Ledger drawing on South Dakota ledger paper given. Portraying warrior on horseback with headdress and lance in green shirt and yellow leggings. Given as a gift to a South Dakota ranc...
Category

Late 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Paper

Navajo Indian Weaving Stripe Bolster Pillows, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Navajo Indian Weaving Stripe Bolster Pillows, Pair. Feather and down inserts. Zippered shams.
Category

20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Mexican Indian Weaving Bolster Pillows, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meixcan Indian Weaving Bolster pillows - pair. Feather and down inserts and zippered shams.
Category

20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Navajo Indian Weaving Pillows, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Navajo Indian weaving pillows - pair. Feather and down inserts and zippered shams. Pillows measure 15 x 15 16 x 16.
Category

20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Navajo Indian Weaving Pillows, Pair
Navajo Indian Weaving Pillows, Pair
$620 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vibrant Double T s Navajo Indian Weaving Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a real good and very unusual double T's Navajo Indian weaving pillow. The vibrant cherry red and brown weaving is in wonderful condition. The backing is in a chocolate brown ...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Lakota Sioux Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
Lakota Sioux moccasins with buffalo hoof motif. Red white heart beads and brain tanned hide with hard soles. Sinew sewn, soft hide. Right moccasins has a partial old collection paper...
Category

Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art

Materials

Hide, Beads

Navajo Indian Weaving Streak of Lighting Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These fantastic and detailed weaving pillows are in great as found condition. We are selling them in pairs at 950 a pair. The backings are in brown and tan cotton linen.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Native American Navajo Antique Vintage Geometric Handwoven Wool Rug Blanket
Located in Studio City, CA
An intricately woven Native American Navajo rug featuring beautiful coloring and repeating geometric patterns for which the Navajo tribe is famed. In fantastic original vintage condition. From a Los Angeles collection of Native American artifacts...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Vintage Chimayo Wool Woven Purse with a Silver Closure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Native American woven purse. From Chimayo (a region inhabited by Pueblo Indians since about 1200 CE). Dating from the 1940s - 1950s. Principally...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Early Navajo Star Dazzler Indian Weaning Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early Navajo Star Dazzler Indian Weaning Bolster Pillow. Camel Suede Backing and zippered sham. Feather and Down Inserts. 18 x 31
Category

Mid-20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Red Mexican Indian Weaving Bolster Pillows - Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Custom Made Red Mexican Indian Weaving Pillows. Zippered casing. Featherand Down Insert.
Category

20th Century North American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool, Down, Feathers

Set of Five Miniature Chimayo Weaving Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These miniature Chimayo Indian weaving pillows. There are two matching pairs and one odd pattern single. Dimensions are from left to right: 10.5" x 9.5" 10" x 9" 10" x 9" 10" x 9" 1...
Category

Mid-19th Century Mexican Antique Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Set of Five Miniature Chimayo Weaving Pillows
Set of Five Miniature Chimayo Weaving Pillows
$1,516 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mexican Indian Tree of Life Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pillow was constructed from a Navajo Tree of Life weaving from the Cedar Ridge area in the northern part of the Navajo Nation and dates to the 1940s. Pictured in this weaving ar...
Category

1940s American Vintage Native American Folk Art

Materials

Down, Linen, Wool

Native American Style Coral and Glass Beads Turquoise Necklace
Located in Miami, FL
Native American style double-strand necklace with coral and turquoise beads. Top of necklace is double stranded and tapered out from the centre. Large double beaded turquoise knot fl...
Category

Late 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Coral, Alabaster

Antique Crow Beaded Knife Sheath, circa 1870, Native American Plains
By Crow
Located in Denver, CO
This exceptional Crow (Apsáalooke) beaded knife sheath, dating to circa 1870, is an outstanding artifact from the Classic Period of Native American artist...
Category

Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Folk Art

Materials

Hide

1920s Navajo Double Saddle Blanket with Maltese Cross Checkerboard Design
Located in Denver, CO
This early 20th-century Navajo double saddle blanket, woven circa 1920s, is a remarkable example of traditional Southwestern textile artistry. Ha...
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Native American folk art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Native American folk art for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage folk art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wool and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Native American folk art made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Canada pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original folk art, popular names associated with this style include Native American Art, Navajo, Plateau Indians, and Navajo Indian Art. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for folk art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $90 and tops out at $75,000 while the average work can sell for $1,798.

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