My replica peace medal

My replica cast medal, I even painted to resemble an original silver peace medal that Lewis & Clark carried

Elk Heart Sack bag

A traditional zip-lock bag. Harvested from my sons first elk.

Bear Robe

Can you say Grizz, all hand painted by my hand..

More parfleches

Cheyenne style.

Bone Arrowheads

Made from the leg bone of a wyoming moose. They found a good home

Buffler Skinner

This is a huge butcher knife made by the Foster Brothers circa 1850. I made the sheath to fit using an old upper missouri style beadwork pattern.

Warrior Bundle

Red ochre stained bag that I charcoal drawn on the horse and warrior.

Bundle Bag

Medicine bundle ochre red stained and aged.

My self portrait !!

Crazy idea !!

Other artistic pieces

A few parfleches and such that I have made..

Pipe bag and pipe axe

My favorite pipe bag that I made entirely from braintanning the hide to the beading. Also I wire wrapped the small pipe axe..

Curiosity of the Native Pigmy

Money shells and latex I created this little pigmy after the Pedro Mummy found not far from my home.

Leather Haversack

Here is my hand stitched haversack I used a hemp strap, original French brass domed buttons and home tanned leather. I use it from hunting to hospital visits !!

Parfleches

I have here a few Cheyenne style parfleches. 

Plains Indian Gun Barrel Flute

This item is made from a 45-70 Springfield barrel. A salveged item the plains Indians made.

Parfleche Bag

This is painted with a Cheyenne style made from elk rawhide ans antelope tanned hide. Ive always avoided blue paint in the past but I'm starting to like it more.

Obsidian Napped Knife

Here is a blade I didn't knap but I attached the brain tan and beaded myself. This is an old style of knife that would have been used .

Willow Basket

This basket stands over 20 inches tall and made entirely of red river willow. I have a patch of willow I've been hacking on for 30 years. But this is my first willow basket. I plan to make a buffalo hide incised burden strap to finish it with.  Ten hours and sore fingers later I have a huge basket... If weather permits I plan to make another...

Belly Trimmed Grizzly Claws

Here are my replica claws I belly trimmed,  this is an old style claw technique that the Plains Indian used. I've seen many necklaces with trimmed claws I always thought they looked fierce !!

Beaded Grizz Claws

I just put these together tonight. Claw pendants with Bodmer Blue beads .

Small parfleches

Here are a few small painted parfleches .

What comes & goes & back around !

Ive been making parfleche since the age of 10. Since then I have fine tuned my skill. Surfing the internet I find things I made 20+ years ago... Long before I started taking pictures.. This box I winged a design and is probably is the 2nd box I ever made. Now it's labeled Cheyenne and has a price of triple of what I sold it as...

Parfleche Sun Visors

These 2 visors I made my boys last summer. Painted in a traditional cheyenne style.

Out with the old and in with the new

I re-traded for this on the bottom.The story goes that I made the bottom parfleche 25+ years ago, and he wanted a new parfleche wallet. So I made the top one for my used one. Now I collect my own art now !!!!!

My Venus of Willendorf.

I carved this Venus from a piece of steatite years ago. Long before a tool called dremel !!   I posed it with my sons hands. The Venus was a form of a fertility god in early man in the regions of Europe.

Homespun Ropes

I got a worm stuck in my head and well it worked... I made these at the Inlaws (thanks for letting me use there drill) over Christmas break. I took pillow ticking and calico cloth and twisted several ropes. Two pieces 28 foot long will make a 20 foot rope... 

Handforged Fish Hook Flies

I'm putting a fishing kit together here soon, got handforged hooks from my brother. I was messing around and took some red trade wool strips and wrapped it with silk thread... I never tied a fly before just looking for what a mountain man could have used...  I will post again when complete.