Beads, Bugle Small glass tube beads used in beadwork. Good for making earrings and chokers. A heavy thread should be used because the edges are sharp. Most are silver lined. Approx ¼" long.
Beads, Crow Glass beads with a large enough hole to accomodate nearly any thong. For breast plates, chokers, etc. Approx ¼" thick and 3/8" in diameter.
Beads, Cut Charlotte, Metallic, Japanese and Special Colors available.
Beads, Faceted Glass beads used on breastplates, chokers, hairties and bandolliers.
Beads, Liquid Silver or Gold 3/8" long with beveled ends. Specify Silver or Gold. Packs of 100.
Beads, Melon (Silver Plated) Sizes 3/4" , 3/8", and 1/8" X 3/16". Packs of 10.
Beads, Metal - Old Style Hollow Brass made with ¼" diameter tube with rounded ends. 6mm. - Fluted Hollow Metal has small hole. Specify brass or nickel.
- French Style Solid Brass has a large hole and ¼" diameter.
- Hollow Round Metal with a small hole. Used for chokers, bandolliers, breastplates, etc. Specify brass or nickel. (Nickel is plated brass)
Beads, Opaque, Pony Larger than seed beads but the same shape. They are good for chokers, necklaces and early style beadwork. Approximately 275 - 300 beads per ounce.
Beads, Rondelles Disc beads used as spacers and on loop necklaces. Approx 100 per string.
Beads, Round Bone
Beads, Seed Oil seed beads. Many museums are very pleased with these beads for restoration work. They are limited in supply and are on a first come, first server basis. These sizes do vary a little bit.
Beads, Tile Glass tube beads with a hole large enough for a thong. Good for weaving, shawl fringe, chokers, etc. Packages of 100
Beads, Tube Glass tubes, larger than bugle beads. Opaque colors. Great for chokers and hairties.
Beads, Transparent
Beads, White Hearts White Eyes, Hudson Bay, Sweetheart and Cornaline D'Allepo are all names which refer to these beads. These have an opaque white core covered with transparent glass.
Beeswax For waxing thread, keeps it from tangling. 1 oz. cake.
Bolo Tie Accessories - Tie slide mounts with 4 ply cords.
- Bolo Tie Strings, leather, 36" long, black or brown, 4 ply or 6 ply.
- Bolo Tie Tips, Sterling silver, pair.
Bone Items
- Genuine Bone Tubes
- Imitation Plastic Tubes, Ivory Color
- Buffalo Horn Tube Beads
- Genuine Bone Disc Beads
- Genuine Bone Hairpipe
- Buffalo Horn Hairpipe
- Bone, Horn & Plastic hairpipe
- Imitation Plastic Hairpipe
Canvas 12 oz used for beading, usually doubled for strength. 6" X 12" for making a buckle or barette. 6" X 60" for belts. 12" X 18" for cuffs or leggins. By the yard (60") for big projects like dress tops.
Chains All silver plated Specify length and style. 18" in rope, serpentine or curb. 24" in rope.
Chevrons These are handmade beads from Italy and have been made in the same manner since the 11th century. These are made of 6 layers of glass. They are dark blue outside and red and white in the center.
Conchos, Silver & Brass Concho Star in Nickel or brass. Star design and two slots for mounting.
Cones, Tin Used for ornamentation on dresses, shirts, pouches, earrings, to hold fluffs or horsehair, or for soft sounding jingles. Specify brass, tin or aluminum. Packages of 25, 100, or 1000.
Earring Findings
- Clip Converters to convert a pierced post earring into a non-pierced clip.
- French Earwires look like a fishhook, surgical steel.
- Kidney Earwires of surgical steel, available in silver or gold color.
- Post with loop. Half ball with loop for dangles. Surgical steel, available in silver or gold color.
- Post Pad to cover or glue onto.-
- Screw Backs. Half ball with loop for dangles. For nonpierced ears. Silver color only.
- Split Key Rings in silver color only.
Feathers
- Strung Hackles used for fancy dance bustles. Specify color, dark or bright, and the length.
- 6 - 8 inch dark hackles. Light at base and dark tips.
- 6 - 8 inch bright hackles. Available in white only.
- 5 - 6 inch bright hackles. Light color base and tip.
- Turkey Wing Spikes for bustles.
- Turkey Tail Feathers sold individually or in pkgs of 12 or 100.
- Cinnamon colored reddish brown and white feather
- Bronze natural dark brown color with white top
- White Turkey Rounds and Pointers
- Hand Painted Eagle Feather. The very best imitation eagle feather available. Very finely painted and trimmed Looks real! Can fool the expert! Excellent for bonnets & roach feathers. Sold individually, or in pkgs of 12 or 100.
- Imitation Eagle Wing white with dyed black tip
- Imitation Hawk and Owl Feathers
- Fluffs. Fluffy plumes used for bustles, bonnets, hairties, etc.
- Ring Neck Pheasant Tail
- Silver Zebra Pheasant Tail
- Brown Iridescent T-Base. Turkey neck feathers with a flat top. Black-Green iridescent. Good trim feathers 4 to 5 inches long.
- Reeve's Pheasant
- Guinea Hen Wing Feather. Black feather with white dots. They look great dyed and put in traditional bustles. Packages of 30.
Fox Pelts Artic, red or grey
Gourd Shells Dried and de-seeded, ready for completion of a rattle.
Heddles NO. Beads Wide: 40, 60, 80, 100
Heddle Threader
Jewellery Findings
- Bags Zip Lock comes in packs of 100
- Clasps, Barrel Screw, Hook & Eye, or Spring Ring.
- Cones, silver or gold plated, in pkgs of 12
- Crimp Beads, approx 1200 per ounce. Available in silver or gold color.
- Eye pins & Head pins, gold or silver color, 2 inches long.
- Jump Rings in silver color only.
- Pearl Threading Nylon. Triple twisted nylon with wire needle for threading necklaces. 6 ½ feet each.
Lace, Leather Excellent for stringing bells, lacing bustles, war bonnets, or wherever you need a leather thong. Soft white Buckskin or hard brown boot lace.
Lace, Suede
Leather, Hides
- White & Smoked Hides - Commercial soft, rough both sides, looks and feels just like brain tanned. Does not stretch out of shape. Great for dresses, leggins, pants, high top mocs, shirts, etc. This smoked hide is hand smoked.
- White Cow Splits - Pieces of good hide, not scrap. Rough both sides. Useable for small projects.
- Latigo Cow Hide - Brown - Great for moccasin soles, choker strips, concho and tack belts, side drops, breastplate strips, bustle backs, tooling leather, etc.
Looms
- Metal Loom 2 ½& wide with directions.
- Wooden Loom can be used with or without a needle. Cut your beadwork time in half with the use of a needle. Can do lazy stitch or flat loom work with the needle. Instructions included. 2 looms are extendable in length.
Mescal Beans Undrilled large red bean used on necklaces, gourd dance and straight dance bandoliers. Sold in pkgs of 25, 100, or 1000.
Nails, Brass Used on decorating tomahawks, guns & powder horns. Comes in pkgs of 100.
Needles
- Sharps - Good for tack beading & lazy stitch. Short.
- Long - Good for loom work and protective stitch.
- Glovers - In Large, Medium and small sizes.
- Chenille - For threading shawl fringe.
Paints
- Grease Paints - Sticks of 8 assorted colors.
- Earth Paints - Used as face & body paints. Excellent for painting rawhide parfleche. Sold by the oz. Specify Black, green, white, blue, red, or yellow.
Pipes All are Indian handcrafted of pipestone with handmade stems. Four winds pipes has 4 grooves cut into the bowl to represent the 4 directions. Length includes bown and stem. Pine or ash stems unless noted otherwise. Specify red or black pipestone. Styles: Plains T, Elbow, Eagle Claw, Buffalo, Beaver or Bear, Hatchet, or Eagle Head.
Quills Porcupine Quills: All quills, no fur. Available in white, red, yellow, orange, green, purple, lt. blue, dk blue, and pink. Available in ¼oz or 1 oz. of one color.
Reproduction Claws and Teeth Eagle foot with plumage on leg. Available in two styles and positions.
Eagle Foot with threaded hole for mounting
Eagle Claws
Bear Claws
Carved Horn Claw
Plastic Bear Claw
Plastic Eagle Claw
Real Porcupine Claws
Real Badger Claws
Real Bobcat Claws
Steer Horns
Real Elks Teeth
Bone Carved Elks Teeth
Composition Elks Teeth
Sequins, Brass Old flattened brass wire. Used on traditional clothing. ¼" size. Packages of 100
Shotgun Rods 2" long center sections with brass ferrules. Can be screwed together for fan handles and peyote staffs.
Sinew, Imitation Very strong, flat, waxed nylon that can be split, just like real sinew, into thinner strands. It cannot be broken by hand. Great for stringing chokers, breastplates, sewing mocassins, etc. Comes in ½ lb. spools (approx. 1200 ft) and in 10 yard spools.
Spots, metal Two tabs on back for fastening onto belts, pouches, vests, etc. Available in packages of 50, 100, or 1000. Specify brass or nickel.
Spot setter Two tabs on back for fastening onto belts, pouches, vests, etc. Available in packages of 50, 100, or 1000. Specify brass or nickel.
Tacks, brass For decorating guns, axes, mirror boards, knife sheaths, cradle boards, etc. High dome are half round heads. Packages of 100 or 1000
Thong, leather Works well for stringing bone hair pipes, tubes, old trade beads and old style brass beads. Comes in 100 meter ball, or per yard.
Thread, Cotton Recommended for warp thread on a loom. Comes in spools.
Thread, Nymo Very strong and recommended for all types of beadwork. Great for loomwork, but not for the warp threads. Nylon.
