Incised Bear Paw - on buffalo rawhide

Using up a piece of scrap buffalo ( Wyoming wild buffalo harvested on Shadow Mountain ) I incised a simple design. Made for a friend whom don't know it yet.

Parfleche Sword Hanger

I have a quest to simplify recycled Plains Indian garb. Living off the land and using what was found and recycled. Here is a old Spanish sword without a scabbard and I took a recycled piece of parfleche and added a simple strap..

Dog Bag

An interesting thing about researching Plains Indian Regalia is how things were used. A camp dog for instance was used to pack, guard, eat and utilize. Nothing was simply thrown away. I made this bag from a coyote I had shot. I slipped the hair and braintanned then beaded the legs.

Buffalo Horn Braclet

Here is the end of a huge buffalo horn I carved for a powder horn. The shear size of the scrap made me think . I carved and painted red dots around the bottom and incorporated bear ears for the top.

Assorted plains indian items.

Whistles, spoons, deer toe rattles.

Flash from the past !

Here is one of my necklaces I made 10 years ago. I cast and paint all the claws to extreme detail . A simple necklace laced up together with otter fur.

The Kisser

I carved this piece 2 years ago from a maple tree branch. I rasped, carved, chiseled, filed, dremeled and sanded the heck outa this branch. I had several weekends into making sense out of this piece of wood. Needless to say its a killer piece.....

Parfleche Round Bottom & Antelope Horn Slip Cover Case

I have here a Sioux style round bottom parfleche and a antelope horn container. The parf is painted front and back laced with rawhide and red trade wool. The antelope horn has a beaded slip cover and it would have kept such things like natural medicines.

Crow Medicine Parfleche

I have just finished this piece after a 5 year process . I made the kidney style parfleche long before a design was found. I have seen one of these that was called a Crow Counting Bundle. Needless to say willow sticks used for counting or horse stealing ?. The little parfleche envelope and counting sticks made a perfect relationship.