Plateau Trade Beads Set of 3 Bags

ca. 1900's

Largest Arrowhead - .875" L x .625" W, Smallest Bead - .125" D

Various Beads with the First Bag with Four Arrowheads, One Shell, Five White Center and Outer Red Colored Larger Beads, Six Light Blue Pony Beads, Four Red Pony Beads and One Amethyst Stone, the Second Bag has many Hollow White Claw Like Shape Beads and the Third Bag has many White Centered and Blue Outer Colored Beads

In Very Good Condition

Plateau Trade Beads are European-made glass beads (often called "pony beads" or seed beads) that were traded to Native American tribes in the Columbia Plateau region (encompassing parts of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana) starting in the early 19th century. These beads transformed traditional artistic practices and became central to distinctive Plateau beadwork, especially iconic flat beaded bags.