Montana Frontier Trading Post

Wonderful early specimens. Pre contact. Strung on deer hide with horn buttons. May have been clothing accouterments. Possibly a Shaman's bracele...

Beautiful piece. Still retains some of the original dark staining towards the top. May have also been used to harvest berries. Has a period leather st

Quite a bit of wear from use. Just under 4" in diameter.

Wonderful early example. Shows lots of age and patina.

Signed in bottom right. Some loss to the overlay as shown. 9.5" by 13".

Nice old piece with trade cloth fringe. Some loss to the cloth as shown. 6.5" square.

Wonderful and Phenomenal. As rare as it gets. Whale effigy handle. Early trade iron blade. Appears to have been found buried. Better than most collect

Very nice old piece. Probably northern US or Southern Canada in origin. 6.25" wide

Contemporary. Last half of the 20th century.

Very finely made. Last half of the 20th century. 5" tall, 6" wide.

Very nice grouping. Including two neck pouches. The early one on the right contained the rosary pictured.

Very nice early piece. Shows quite a bit of wear.

Very nice lot.

Wonderful old watch. Winds and runs, not tested for accuracy.

Elk horn and obsidian. Montana Indian made.

Wonderful old painting. Laid on board. With craquelure throughout. Appears to have been taken out of a larger frame and laid on board at some point. T

Very nice old doll. 15.5" tall.

10.5" tall.

20th Century. Very nicely constructed.

Very nice older rattle. 8.75" tall.

Nice old doll. Soling as shown. No clothes. 12" tall.

Very nice necklace. Horn slices, stone and elk teeth.

Very nicely made Beret. Made from Porcupine quill. Medicine Wheel pattern. 4.25" wide.

Nice grouping. One appears to have been made from a file. The longest is just under 11".

Very nice carving. Signed on the bottom. Wes Nahanee Squamish Nation British Columbia. 12" long.

Tip has been broken off at some point. 9.5" long.

Very nice rattle. Perfect for your pow wow or rendezvous. Finely beaded and braided leather drop. 22" long.

Very nice carved stick. Has been set with opal eyes at a later date. Nice older piece. 13.5" long

Very nice older piece. Has trade beads and an elk tooth.

Very unusual with trade wool drops. Trade cloth rim. Greasy pink and blue beads.

Very nice doll. No face. 20th Century. 9.5" tall.

Very nice early knife. Wonderful old patina. 12" long. Trade blade with handmade handle.

Very nice old piece. Felt back.

Very nice piece. Painted with leather drops. 25.5" long with fringe.

One of the finer beaded bags I have ever handled. Double sided with both sides showing excellent workmanship. 5" by 6" without handle.

Very nice older watch. Has plating wear as shown. Winds and runs but has not been tested on a longer duration.

Nice grouping.

Very nice grouping. Some have minor damage.

Nice grouping. The longest is just under 8.5".

Very nice example. Hard to find.

Very nice doll. No face. 20th Century.

Very nice example. 20th Century.

Very nice grouping some unusual hat devices.

Very nice older sash. South American in origin. 83" long.

Very nice early blade. Sharp and finely made. Wonderful early handle with scrimshaw. 33.5" long.

Wonderful early folk art painting. Connecticut Class Pre Dreadnought Battleship. Part of the Great White Fleet. Based on construction it appears to be

Wonderful early image. Man is wearing a trade cloth hooded robe. A wonderful early portrait. 11" by 14".

Nice old cap.

Nice old sword. Has been ground on at some point as shown. No visible signature. Just under 23" long.

Sheath appears to be modern. Knife appears to be contemporary as well. Great for Rendezvous or Reenactors. 13.5" long.

Nice older knife. Incorrect sheath. Some wear as shown.

Very nice bowie knife. Made by EG Smith of Montana. Wonderful custom knife made to the specifications of early frontier bowies. EG Smith has since pas

Nicely made knife. 12.75" long. Elk horn handle.

Buffalo Horn Handle. No sheath. 20th Century. 8.5" long.

Very nice knife. Appears to be made from a cleaver. Nice early example. 12.75" long.

Theater modified to a point or dagger style.

Very nice knife. Elk Horn Handle. Just under 12.75" long.

Very nice older frontier knife. Stag horn handle. British steel. 9.25" long.

Very nice knife. Appears to be made from a cleaver. Nice early example. 14.5" long.

Nice old coyote jaw bone knife. Montana Indian made. 8.5" long.

Nice old 5 pin trade knife. Steel is marked as shown. 14" long.

Nice older piece with willow handle. 20th century. 17" long.

Nice old scraper. Tool steel blade. Reservation period.

Unknown origin. Bone handle. 20th century. 9.25" long.

Interesting old knife cut down to a shank with elk horn handle. Probably from an Ex Deer Lodge Prisoner. 5.5" long.

Nice old knife. Brought home by a GI post WW2.

Nice old knife. Fashioned from a file blade. 12.25" long

Very nice knife. Elk Horn Handle. 14.5" long.

Nice older sheath. Mid 20th Century. 11" long.

Nice knife. Copper rivets, and Elk Horn handle. 11.25" long.

Very nice older sheath. Mid 20th Century. Tin cone drops. 10" long.

Nice older sword. From Sudan/Chad/Eritrea. 27" long.

Very nice double sided folk art battleship painting. One side is the SS Barbara Fritchie the other is the Voyager. 12.75" by 19.25".

Neat knife. Brought back by one LT Wyatt of the 3rd Division as shown.

Very Nice Coffin Handle Bowie made by R. S. Giles. 13" long overall.

Nice knife in sheath.

Quite a bit of wear to the blade as shown.

Rehandled by the Indians. Made from a carving knife.

Blade has oxidation as shown. 10.5" long.

Appears to have been customized from a British knife. Very nicely done. 8.25" long.

Very nice dagger. Horn handle. Quite early. 9" long.

Unknown purpose. Appears to be tacked with horn, a gun range calculator , and a medicine bag.

Very nice Bowie. Made to resemble the famous Rio Grande Camp Knife that was used by Lewis Powell in assassination attempt on William Seward. 11.75&q...

Has quite a bit of wear as shown. Handle is engraved with a caribou. 10.25" long.

Very nice bowie with elk horn handle. S guard. 11" long.

Nice old piece. No sheath. 16.5" long.

Nice old knife. Lots of life left. 9.25" long.

Nice old print in original frame. 10" by 13" framed.

Has seen some use as shown. Improperly sharpened. 7.75" long.

Nice old plaque. Hammered copper on wood. 9" long, 4" wide.

Nice old sheath. Ready for your civil war or frontier bowie knife. 10.25" long.

Made from a Cleaver. 13.5" long.

Nice knife. Contemporary, signed JL Stout. Stag handle with copper pins. 14.25" long.

Very nicely made. File blade. 8.25" long.

Nice older pipe. 14.25" long.

File Blade. Very nice workmanship. 12.25" long.

Very nice knife in tacked sheath. Mid 20th Century. 13.5" long.

Very nice holster. Dated 1917

Date is not readable. Wear as shown.

Scarce. 10.5" long.