examples of custom made

HAIR ORNAMENTS by Native Arts Trading

Headdresses

Porky Roaches / Roach Headdresses

Arapaho Thunderbird style hair ornament (museum replica) $225

The Battle of Washita River (Battle of the Washita) occurred on November 27th, 1868 when Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer’s 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Black Kettle’s Cheyenne village on the Washita River (near present day Cheyenne, Oklahoma)

This hair ornament was based on - but not made excactly the same as the one worn by Kicking Bird in "Dances with Wolves"

hand painted eagle feathers, shell, buffalo rawhide, wild turkey, etc. $125

This ornament was made for an old Civil War cap. The cap has been decorated using Cheyenne bead colors and other items from that period (see Civil War cap