Sioux
"Driven to the Edge" by Durango artist sculptor Kevin McCarthy. Pictured is a Sioux hunter that is driving four stampeding to their death. The Plains Indians used every part of the Buffalo for their survival. They shared a give and take relationship with the animals. This casting is # 17 of 20, the patina is subtle and rich, and hand done specially for each sculpture.
"Medicine Man" by Erla Graham, is a large doll or a carving unique in it's category. Given extreme attention to detailing, Erla has carved the figure and created the costumes and decorated them. The Medicine Man is dancing, wearing a real buffalo skin headress and is holding a real Ermin that is fully beaded. The carved figure stands 23 inches tall.
Erla Graham is a Native Delaware/Sioux, she is known for creating these detailed and decorated dolls. Erla hand carved the body from wood and paints the figures, then they are clothed and decorated with fur, feather, cloth and hair, to authenticate the tribe she is portraying. Similar dolls have come up at auctions with estimates between $1500.00 and $2000.00. Toh-Atin gallery currently has 4 Native dolls by Erla in a collection that is for sale.
Sioux bead work on leather with a hand made steel blade and wooden handled knife. The hand made knife has some rust on the blade. The sheath is in excellent condition. The seed beads are in navy and light blue, dusty pink and bronze on a white background.
Kevin McCarthy's image of a Sioux warrior is twenty-four inches tall, including the base. This piece is number eight of an edition of twenty.
This elk hide saddle throw was sewn with sinew and decorated with seed beads. It was remade into a saddle throw, originally we believe it was a woman's robe as you can see painted designs on the under side and among some of the fringe. It dates from about 1900 to the 1920's.
This is an amazing piece of bead-work, and a wonderful example of Plains Indians history and their abilities for not wasting a single usable piece of anything. This piece would make an excellent addition to a collection, or simply as an addition to your home's decor. This piece comes with a museum quality armature to display it on that can be adjusted to hang on a wall or be free-standing.
ca 1900-1920's Beaded Woman's Sioux Tribe Dress- well beaded Sioux woman's dress dates to the early 1900's. It features a detailed bead-work yoke on the front, back and sleeves, as well as other bead-work details on the hem of the dress. Spectacular collectors piece or that of a museum. It is a rare piece of Plains Indians' history. The dress comes complete with a museum quality armature to display it on that can be adjusted to hang on a wall or be free-standing.
Mato Wanahtaka or "Kicking Bear" was born about 1847, the son of the chief of a band of Ogalala Sioux. Kicking Bear became a famed warrior-prophet and medicine man and, in his early days, was an artist. In 1876, shortly after the battle of Little Bighorn, he painted a now famous pictograph of his role in the defeat of Custer. The pictograph shows Kicking Bear joining Crazy Horse, his first cousin, in an ambush of an oncoming cavalry battalion. Early in 1890 Kicking Bear received national notoriety for his role in spreading the Ghost Dance and preaching its virtues. Practitioners of the Ghost Dance predicted the revival of the old ways, restoration of the buffalo and the destruction of whites, which started the chain of events that led to Wounded Knee, the last major Indian battle in the United States. Edition of 20. 30 inches high.
The timeless struggle between man and nature and the interdependence between the Plains Indians and the buffalo are the subject of "The Thunder of Hooves." The Indians utilized every part of the buffalo and were dependent upon them for survival. Large areas o prairie were burned off at regular intervals to provide fresh grasses and induce the herds to graze there. The excess numbers of the herds were trimmed by the buffalo hunts. The story behind this bronze is that of a Sioux hunter whose arrows have run out and whose luck may also have run out in this timeless contest as the hunter may be about to become the hunted. Edition of 10. Measuring 24 inches high.
