American Indian & Tribal Art— Marlborough
Sale 2662M
June 19, 2013
Marlborough
American Indian & Tribal Art— Marlborough
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1 Four African Weapons, includes two knives with copper-wrapped and brass-tacked hilts, an axe with decorated wood handle and a short sword with wood scabbard, lg. to 20 1/2 in. $400-600 2 Ngombe Throwing Knife, with fiber-wrapped hilt, 19 1/4 x 11 in. $250-350 3 Four African Knives, knives from the Boa, Tetela, and Kuba, and a Tiv loop-handle dagger, lg. to 25 in. $400-600 4 Four African Knives, a So/Lokele knife, a small Lozi form with wood sheath, a Ngombe knife, and an unusual two-bladed form with wood hilt, lg. to 19 in. $400-600
5 Tetela Dagger, with copper and brass tackcovered hilt, lg. 17 1/2 in. $250-350 6 Four African Knives, includes a Kuba knife with aluminum blade, an Nzambo knife with aluminum blade, an Nzambo knife with wood and hide sheath, and Konda knife with brasswrapped hilt, lg. to 19 in. $400-600 7 Four African Weapons, includes a Kuba knife with copper blade, a Nzambo knife with wood and hide sheath, and a Ngombe sickle weapon, lg. to 26 in. $400-600 8 Songe Prestige Axe with Copper-wrapped Wood Handle, the flared metal blade with four stylized heads in relief, 16 x 8 1/2 in. $250-350 9 Four African Weapons, includes a Yaka sword and sheath, a Polo/Ngombe knife, and a sickle form with copper-wrapped hilt, lg. to 26 in. $400-600
10 Ngombe Throwing Knife, ht. 15 1/2 in. $250-350
11 Five African Knives, includes one from the Kuba, a Shona knife with wood sheath, and a Monzombo knife, lg. to 17 in. $500-700 12 Yoruba Bronze Ceremonial Sword, with human figure finial holding a fish, lg. 19 1/2 in. $250-350 13 Four Tiv Loop-handle Daggers, all with geometric decorated hand loops, lg. to 11 in. $300-400
14 Ngombe “Executioner’s” Sword, brass wire and tacked hilt, lg. 25 in. $250-350 15 Three African Weapons, a Yaka sword, a Shona knife with wood sheath, and a Masai knife, lg. to 25 in. $250-350 16 Kota Bird Head-style Throwing Knife, copper-wrapped hilt, 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. Provenance: Ex-George Braum Collection. $250-350 17 Five African Knives, includes a Boa/Zande knife and a Kuba prestige knife, lg. to 19 3/4 in. $500-700 18 Kundu Knife with Brass-wrapped and Tacked Hilt, lg. 18 1/4 in. $250-350 19 Four African Knives, includes a Pende knife, a So/Lokele knife, and a Nkunda/Kona dagger, lg. to 18 in. $400-600 20 Kuba Prestige Knife with Brass Inlays, lg. 14 1/2 in. $250-350 21 Five African Knives, includes one from the Nkutshu, the Kuba, the Mangbetu, and a Somali dagger with sheath, lg. to 13 1/2 in. $500-700
22 Two Yoruba Bronze Ceremonial Swords, lg. to 22 1/2 in. $300-400 23 Four African Weapons, includes a Salampasu sword, a Kuba knife, a short beadwrapped spear (?), and a Ngombe sword, lg. to 24 1/2 in. $400-600 24 Two African Weapons, a Sudanese skincovered double knife set, and a Boa/Zande knife with copper-wrapped hilt, lg. to 19 in. $400-600 25 Four African Weapons, includes two Ngombe curve-bladed swords and a woodhandled axe, lg. to 24 1/2 in. $400-600 26 Dahomian Carved Wood and Metal Ritual Axe, with stylized animal head, lg. 19 in. $250-350 27 Five African Weapons, a Konda knife, a Yakoma knife, two wood-handled knives with sheaths, and a copper Tetela dagger, lg. to 19 1/2 in. $500-700
28 Mangbetu Ivory-handled Knife, with human head finial, (crack in hilt), lg. 16 in. $250-350
29 Five African Knives, includes a Kuba knife, a Saka knife, and a Mabendi knife with wood sheath, lg. to 21 1/2 in. $500-700 30 Two African Knives, a Mangbetu knife with ivory handle, and a brass Tuareg arm dagger with arm loop sheath, lg. to 15 in. $300-400 31 Five African Weapons, includes a Kuba knife, an axe, and a wood knobkerrie, lg. to 24 1/2 in. $400-600
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32 Five African Weapons, includes a Shona knife and sheath, a Kuba knife, and a Ngombe knife, lg. to 21 1/2 in. $400-600 33 Ngombe “Executioner’s” Sword, brasstacked hilt, lg. 25 in. $250-350 34 Five African Weapons, includes a Kuba knife, a Shona knife with wood sheath, a small axe with star cutout in the blade and human head finial, and a copper Konda parade knife, lg. to 22 in. $400-600 35 Five African Weapons, a Kuba sword, a Shona knife and sheath, a Ngombe knife, and two axes, one with incised copper blade, ht. to 24 1/2 in. $500-700 36 Large Boa/Zande Knife, with perforated blade, lg. 25 3/4 in. $250-350 37 Five African Weapons, includes two axes, one with copper head, a Kuba knife in relic condition, and two swords, one Ethiopian with leather scabbard, lg. to 37 in. $400-600 38 Four African Knives, includes a Kuba prestige knife, an axe with tacked wood handle, and a Mangbetu knife, lg. to 18 in. $400-600 39 Three African Weapons, two throwing knives and an Ethiopian sword with decorated leather scabbard, lg. to 25 1/2 in. $300-400 40 Five African Weapons, includes a Kuba knife, two Ngombe knives, and a sculptural knife from the Nagul, ht. to 24 in. $500-700 41 Five African Weapons, includes a Kuba knife, a Yaka short sword with hide sheath, and two Ngombe knives, ht. to 24 in. $500-700
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42 Two Spears, lg. to 71 in. $100-150 43 Five Wood Items, a South African knife and sheath, a Somoa Kava bowl, a box with drawer, a polychrome fish, and a wood loom, lg. of knife 18 1/4 in. $250-300 44 Two African Wood Items, a Benin carved wood executioner’s block, and a staff with human figure finial and relief-carved snake, ht. to 17 1/2 in. $200-250 45 African Carved Wood Colonial Figure, Yoruba, the standing male form holding a rifle, with a bayonet at the side, and wearing European attire, (cracks), ht. 16 in. $300-400 46 Three African Items, a small ivory carving with spiral relief-carved figures, a Teke wood figure, and a male figure in ivory, ht. to 7 1/4 in. $400-600 47 Senufo Bird Head Heddle Pulley, includes stand, ht. 7 1/2 in. $250-350 48 Mossi Carved Wood Female Doll, incised detail, ht. 10 1/4 in. $200-250 49 Three Yoruba Carved Wood Dolls, one carrying a child, ht. to 11 in. $250-350 50 Yoruba Carved Wood Ibeji Doll, ht. 10 1/4 in. $250-350 51 Two Yoruba Carved Wood Ibeji Dolls, ht. to 10 3/4 in. $250-350 52 Two Yoruba Carved Wood Ibeji Dolls, ht. to 10 1/2 in. $250-350
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53 Three Yoruba Carved Wood Figures, two Ibeji dolls and a figure wearing a European cap, ht. to 11 1/2 in. $250-350 54 Three Pairs of Yoruba Ibeji Dolls, ht. to 12 1/2 in. $300-500 55 Six African Ivory Carvings, ht. to 8 1/2 in. $500-700 56 Baule Carved Wood Goli Mask, with red pigment, ht. 14 1/2 in. Provenance: Ex-Katherine White Resnick Collection. $200-250 57 Yoruba Egungun Carved Wood Headdress, with three protruding human heads, remnant blue pigment, ht. 12 1/2, dia. 11 in. $200-250 58 African Carved Wood Mask, Kuba, of soft wood, the stylized face with perforated eyes, traces of pigment, ht. 11 in. $100-150 59 Makonde Helmet Mask, with red/brown pigment, (cracks), ht. 10 1/2 in. $250-350 60 Two African Masks, a small carved wood Bassa mask, and a hide mask with red pigment and animal fur trim, ht. to 9 in. $250-350 61 Two Contemporary Carved Wood African Masks, Bapende Capital mask and a Mossi antelope mask (repairs), antelope mask ht. 29 1/2 in. $200-250 62 Dogon Door Latch, in the form of a Janusheaded lizard, lg. 18 in. $250-350 63 Two Bamana Carved Wood Door Latches, ht. to 16 1/2 in. $250-350
64 Three African Carved Wood Divination Staffs, two from the Yoruba, one Baule with serpent, ht. to 10 3/4 in. $250-350 65 Dogon Iron Staff with Human Figural Finial, wood and stone stand, ht. including stand 26 in. $250-350 66 Three African Wood Items, a Yoruba divination tray with relief-carved faces and two Nigerian calligraphic boards, ht. to 25 1/2 in. $250-350 67 Three Dogon Brass Sunburst Pendants and a Forged Iron Bracelet, dia. to 3 in. Provenance: Deaccessioned from Museum of Primitive Art and Culture, Wakefield, Rhode Island. $150-200 68 Four African Hide Items, three containers and a quiver with four metal-tipped arrows, lg. to 27 in. $200-250 69 Two African Items, a Yoruba diviner’s twopiece metal, cloth, and fiber sash, and a Cameroon multicolored beaded apron, panels are 11 x 11, apron lg. 19 in. $200-250 70 Four Yoruba Beaded Items, two canes, a beaded bottle in the form of a headdress, and a cap with beaded elephants, crowns, and “Niyon of Kiaibo” on the band, cane lg. to 36 in. $250-350 71 Six Zulu Beaded Items. $200-250 72 Five South African Beaded Items, lg. to 31 in. $150-200 73 Eight Items, five African carved wood items and three Chinese bone tourist items, ht. to 12 in. $250-350
74 Sepik River Carved Wood Ancestral Mask, red and white pigments, cowrie shell eyes, boar tusks, ht. 29 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. $200-250 75 Three New Guinea Items, two carved wood masks and a staff, lg. to 29 1/2 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. $200-250 76 Two New Guinea Masks, a Huon Gulf ancestor mask, and a Black Water River polychrome plaque mask, ht. to 17 1/2 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. $250-350
77 Trobriand Islands Polychrome Carved Wood Dance Shield, lg. 27 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. $200-250 78 Three Papua New Guinea Stone-headed Clubs, all with remnant fiber bindings, lg. to 42 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. $200-250 79 Three Melanesian Carved Wood Implements, a Sepik River adze handle with relief-carved face, a food stirrer with incised decoration, and a Solomon Island dance paddle, lg. to 32 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. $200-250 80 Three Melanesian Wood Carvings, a Sepik River male hook figure with cowrie shell eyes, a Papuan Gulf painted ancestral board, and a painted Trobriand Island dance shield, ht. to 35 1/2 in.
81 Four Melanesian Weapons, two Vanuatu clubs, a Massim palmwood sword club, and a Gilbert Island shark tooth sword, tag for last reads “Methodist Mission Society Museum,” (damage), lg. to 42 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. $200-250 82 Two Melanesian Carved Wood Items, a Sepik River canoe bailer with stylized head finial, and a Solomon Island paddle. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. $200-250 83 Six New Guinea Carved Wood Items, ht. to 32 in. $250-350 84 Polynesian Carved Wood Club, Fiji, c. 19th century, gunstock variety with serrated edge blade, fine incised geometric designs on the head, and pierced at the end for attachments, (minor wood loss), lg. 43 in. $400-600 85 Fiji Island Carved Wood Club, “Totokia,” (missing the spike), lg. 32 1/2 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. $200-250 86 Polynesian Carved Wood Paddle, dark patina, lg. 66 in. $150-200 87 Fiji Island Carved Wood Bow, lg. 79 in. $150-200 88 No lot. 89 Fiji Island Carved Wood Kava Bowl, ht. 5 1/2, dia. 16 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. $200-250
Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. $200-250
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90 Two South Pacific Carved Wood Bowls, a Tami Island form with incised decoration and a Fiji Island kava bowl, lg. of form 22 3/4, dia. of bowl 16 1/2 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. $250-300 91 South Pacific Tapa Cloth, 76 x 56 in. $200-300 92 Fijian Tapa Cloths. $100-150 93 Himalayan Carved Wood Mask, with stand, ht. 10 in. $300-400 94 Indonesian Carved Wood Paddle, with fine incised decoration on the blade, lg. 61 in. $200-250 95 Twenty Indonesian Items, three bows and seventeen metal-tipped arrows, lg. to 56 in. $300-400
99 Nasca Polychrome Pottery Beaker, painted with an elaborate abstract deity, ht. 5 1/2, dia. 6 in. Provenance: Louis Renault (1915-1960). $250-350 100 Three Nasca Polychrome Pottery Vessels, a stirrup spout form with vegetables, a spouted form with trophy heads, and a vessel with abstract bird imagery (repaired), (damage), ht. to 6 3/4 in. Provenance: Louis Renault (1915-1960). $300-400
106 Three Nasca Polychrome Pottery Vessels, two with abstract deities and one with a repeat bird design, (damage to all), dia. to 5 3/8 in. Provenance: Louis Renault (1915-1960). $250-350 107 Two Nasca Polychrome Pottery Vessels, one in the form of a stylized head, (damage), ht. to 6 1/4 in. Provenance: Louis Renault (1915-1960). $250-350
101 Nasca Stirrup Spout Polychrome Pottery Vessel, with two feline effigy figures, ht. 7 1/2 in.
108 Four Nasca Polychrome Pottery Vessels, with a variety of abstract designs, (tallest vessel with much damage), ht. to 7, dia. to 7 1/2 in.
Provenance: Louis Renault (1915-1960). $250-350
Provenance: Louis Renault (1915-1960). $300-400
102 Three Nasca Polychrome Pottery Vessels, two with effigy designs and one in the form of a feline head, (surface loss, chips), ht. to 4, dia. to 5 1/4 in.
109 Two Nasca Polychrome Pottery Effigy Vessels, (damage), ht. to 8 1/2 in. Provenance: Louis Renault (1915-1960). $250-350
Provenance: Louis Renault (1915-1960). $250-350 110 Four Nasca Polychrome Pottery Vessels, with geometric and abstract designs, (damage), ht. to 6 3/4 in.
96 Thirteen Amazonian Items, two paddles, three painted masks, one with bark cloth hood, various animals, and three painted bark cloth items, lg. to 51 in. $250-350
103 Nasca Polychrome Bowl, with two fish painted on the interior, ht. 2 1/4, dia. 9 in.
97 Australian Carved Wood Boomerang, one side with incised spider, fish scales, and fish, (damage), lg. 26 in. $200-250
104 Two Nasca Polychrome Pottery Bowls, a shallow bowl with fish imagery and a beaker form with abstract trophy head design, (surface loss), ht. to 4 1/2, dia. to 7 3/8 in.
111 Four Nasca Vessels, three pottery vessels: one with repeat frog design (broken and repaired), a fruit vessel, and a vessel with simple band design, and a decorated gourd bowl, ht. to 3 1/4, dia. 5 3/8 in.
Provenance: Louis Renault (1915-1960). $250-350
Provenance: Louis Renault (1915-1960). $250-350
105 Five Nasca Polychrome Pottery Bowls, with a variety of designs, (damage, surface loss), dia. to 6 3/4, ht. to 5 1/4 in.
112 Three Nasca Polychrome Pottery Vessels, two with abstract deities, (chips, surface loss), ht. to 8 in.
Provenance: Louis Renault (1915-1960). $300-400
Provenance: Louis Renault (1915-1960). $250-350
98 Three Nasca Polychrome Pottery Vessels, includes a strap and spout form with elaborate deity, and a cup with two bands of trophy heads, (some surface loss), ht. to 6 1/4 in. Provenance: Collected in the early 1950s by Louis Renault (1915-1960), photographer for Esquire, Coronet, Look, and National Geographic magazines. $250-350
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Provenance: Louis Renault (1915-1960). $250-350
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Provenance: Louis Renault (1915-1960). $250-350
113 Three Pre-Columbian Vessels, a Nasca effigy form and two Wari (?) effigy forms, (damage), ht. to 7 3/4 in. Provenance: Louis Renault (1915-1960). $250-350 114 Pre-Columbian Pottery Vessel, Peru, Lambayeque, c. 950-1250 A.D., the pedestal form with three striped fruit, spout, and strap, depicting a nursing animal, red-brown detail on a buff-color background, (ears repaired), ht. 9, lg. 8 in. $300-400 115 Pre-Columbian Stirrup Spout Painted Pottery Vessel, Moche V, Peru, c. 550-700 B.C., El Moro-style fine-line bottle, depicts a mythical warrior in a reed boat on both sides, ht. 9 1/4 in. $700-900 116 Three Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Vessels, possibly Wari, (damage), ht. to 7 in. Provenance: Louis Renault (1915-1960). $200-250 117 Two Pre-Columbian Vessels, a Nasca bowl with abstract deity, and a Wari (?) bowl with single relief-modeled figure carrying the bowl using a tumpline, (surface loss to the first), ht. to 4 1/2 in Provenance: Louis Renault (1915-1960). $250-350 118 Pre-Columbian Carved Wood Spoon, Peru, late Lambayeque-early Chimu, c. 1100-1200 A.D., with incised geometric decoration, the finial in the form of Naylamp (founder of the Lambayeque dynasty), traces of white pigment, lg. 8 1/4 in. $400-600 119 Two Pre-Columbian Stone Items, an Inca canopa in the form of a llama, and a flared ear spool with two holes for attachment, lg. of canopa 2 1/4 in. Provenance: Sergio Franchi Collection. $100-150
120 Four Pre-Columbian Metal Manta Pins, Inca, c. 1400-1530 A.D., the triangular finial with two coiled projections, and a large silver form and two copper forms, the latter three pierced for viewing, (loss to the larger copper form), lg. 13, and to 11 3/4 in. $150-200
127 Four Pre-Columbian Bone Flutes, two duct whistles from Tennessee, and two Peruvian end-blown flutes, (damage), lg. to 8 3/4 in.
121 Three Pre-Columbian Textiles, Peru, two fringed coca bags and a tightly woven sling, bag lg. to 24 in. $150-200
128 Four Pre-Columbian Flutes, includes a copper (?) Chancay (?) end-blown flute, and three Peruvian bone end-blown flutes with a variety of finger hole arrangements, (damage), lg. to 9 3/4 in.
122 Four Pre-Columbian Ocarinas and Whistles, includes a bird head vessel flute from the Guangala culture, Ecuador, and a head with coffee bean eyes and mouth from the Bahia culture, lg. to 7 1/4 in.
Provenance: Property of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, sold to benefit the collection. $200-250
Provenance: Property of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, sold to benefit the collection. $250-350 123 Mayan Whistle, Jaina Island, c. 550-750 A.D., wearing an animal head headdress and bead necklace, (repair, clay loss), ht. 5 1/4 in. Provenance: Property of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, sold to benefit the collection. $400-600 124 Four Pre-Columbian Ocarinas and Whistles, includes two avian forms from Costa Rica, and a human figure from the Ulua Valley, Honduras, (damage), ht. to 3 in. Provenance: Property of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, sold to benefit the collection. $250-350 125 Four Pre-Columbian Ocarinas and Whistles, includes a bird whistle, a Guangala monkey whistle, and a deity ocarina from Costa Rica, ht. to 3 1/4 in.
Provenance: Property of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, sold to benefit the collection. $200-250
129 Four Pre-Columbian Bone Flutes, all from coastal Peru and with a variety of finger hole arrangements, lg. to 5 1/2 in. Provenance: Property of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, sold to benefit the collection. $200-250 130 Five Musical Instruments, includes an Amazon duct flute from Ecuador, Peruvian panpipes, a bone duct flute from Panama, and a long bamboo duct flute from Bolivia, lg. to 36 in. Provenance: Property of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, sold to benefit the collection. $300-400 131 Three Narino-style Stone Carvings, a knife, an insect, and a hook form, lg. to 6 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. $150-200 132 Pre-Columbian Stone Pendant from West Mexico, ht. 1 7/8 in.
Provenance: Property of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, sold to benefit the collection. $250-350
Provenance: Ex-Stendahl Collection. $150-200
126 Four Pre-Columbian Ocarinas and Whistles, includes a figure from the Bahia culture, a Mayan human head-form whistle, and a twin figure form, ht. to 2 5/8 in.
133 Two Necklaces, one with various sized jadeite and shell beads, the other of shell and coral, with a jade pendant with facial features, pendant ht. 1 1/4 in.
Provenance: Property of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, sold to benefit the collection. $250-350
Provenance: Ex-Stendahl Collection. $200-250
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134 Three Tlatilco Figures, (damage), ht. to 5 in. $300-400 135 Vera Cruz Smiling Face Head, Mexico, c. 600-900 A.D., the hollow buff terra-cotta head with almond-shaped eyes, filed teeth, head wrap, and one remaining ear spool, on a wood stand, ht. 5 in. Provenance: Sergio Franchi Collection. $100-150 136 Mezcala Carved Stone Figure, ht. 5 in. $200-300 137 Pair of Lakota Beaded Hide Moccasins, lg. 10 1/2 in. $600-800 138 Pair of Apache Beaded Hide Youth’s Moccasins, c. last quarter 19th century, with hard soles, bifurcated tongues, and deep blue and white beaded detail, lg. 7 1/2 in. $200-250 139 One Single and a Pair of Lakota Beaded Hide Moccasins, (damage), lg. to 10 1/2 in. $150-200 140 Pair of Cheyenne Beaded Hide Youth’s Moccasins, (some bead loss), lg. 9 in. $800-1,200 141 Pair of Plains Hide Moccasins, with crossed flags and five-point star on the vamp, lg. 9 1/4 in. $300-500
145 Three Pairs of Plains Partially Beaded Hide Moccasins, lg. to 10 in. $500-700 146 Five Pairs of Painted and Partially Beaded Hide Moccasins, (damage), lg. to 10 in. $300-400 147 Four Pairs of Plains Moccasin Fragments, three pairs lacking the soles, one pair with later hide soles, lg. to 9 1/2 in. $300-400 148 Three Pairs of Partially Beaded Hide Moccasins, and a small skullcracker club with catlinite head, largest moccasin lg. 9 1/2 in. $300-400 149 Framed Plains Hairpipe Breastplate, appears to be a newer item made from old parts, lg. 14 3/4 in. $300-500 150 Five Framed Plains Beaded Items, includes a pair of Cheyenne moccasins with crossed flag motif, lg. 10 in. $600-800 151 Two Plains Belts, a small beaded panel belt and an elaborate tacked belt drop with painted cutouts, lg. of drop 41 in. $300-400 152 Plains Beaded Cloth and Hide Vest, made from recycled beadwork, 21 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. $300-400
142 Pair of Lakota Beaded Hide Moccasins, (damage, hide stiffness), lg. 10 in. $250-350
153 Lakota Double Trade Blanket, with beaded hide strip, (damage and bead loss to strip), 102 x 54 in. $800-1,200
143 Pair of Plains Beaded Hide Moccasins and a Great Lakes Loom-beaded Garter, (damage), lg. of moccasins 9 1/4 in. $200-300
154 Two Plains Beaded Items, a pictorial vest (much bead loss) and a pipe bag (much damage to hide), lg. of vest 23 in. $600-800
144 Two Pairs of Cheyenne Partially Beaded Hide Moccasins, c. first quarter 20th century, lg. to 10 1/2 in. $250-350
155 Central Plains Beaded Hide Pouch, (missing some tin cones), lg. 4 1/2 in. $300-400
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156 Four Beaded Hide Pouches, two matched, with floral design on one side; one beaded on both sides with abstract floral designs; and one with fringed edge and minimal floral designs, lg. to 9 in. $200-250 157 Three Beaded Bags, two fringed Apache bags and an Iroquois floral beaded cloth bag, lg. to 6 in. $200-250 158 Lakota Beaded and Quilled Hide Pipe Bag, (some stiffness to hide), lg. 33 in. $500-700 159 Lakota Beaded and Quilled Hide Pipe Bag, lg. 12 1/2 in. $250-350 160 Eight Beaded Items, seven Central Plains items including two single woman’s leggings, and a Northeast beaded whimsey, lg. to 16 in. $200-250 161 Plains Beaded Hide Pipe Bag, (bead loss, damage to hide), lg. 33 in. $800-1,200 162 Blackfeet Beaded Hide Pipe Bag, lg. including fringe 24 in. $300-400 163 Matched Pair of Cheyenne Beaded Hide Saddlebags, (stiffness to hide), ht. 21, wd. 9 in. $600-800 164 Seven Miscellaneous Beaded Items, includes a watch pocket, hairpipe necklace, and scrap pieces. $250-350 165 Three Beaded Items, a Plains whetstone pouch and beaded necklace, and a Northeast tourist pouch. $200-250 166 Three Plains Beaded Hide Pouches, all beaded on one side, dia. to 3 3/4 in. $150-200
167 Pair of Miniature Plains Beaded Hide Possible Bags, lg. 3 in. $300-400 168 Pair of Floral Beaded Hide Gauntlets, lg. 13 1/2 in. $250-350 169 Lakota Beaded Hide Knife Sheath, with rawhide back, tin cone danglers, lg. 10 in. $300-400 170 Three Plains Items, a large catlinite pipe bowl, a small bowl, and a wood pipestem, (the stem does not fit either pipe bowl), lg. of stem 16 1/2, lg. of T-bowl 9 3/4 in. $300-400 171 Plains Sinew-backed Bow and a Stoneheaded Arrow, lg. of bow 40 in. $400-600 172 Plains Stone, Wood, and Rawhide Skullcracker Club, lg. 29 in. $300-400 173 Plains Beaded Hide Sling Shot Club, lg. 19 1/2 in. $200-250 174 Plains Skullcracker Club, with beadwrapped handle and quilled attachments, (bead and quill loss), lg. 24 in. $200-250 175 Three Plains Horn Spoons, two with beadwrapped handles, (damage), lg. to 9 1/2 in. $200-250 176 Cheyenne Porcupine Tail Hairbrush, with rawhide sheath, old label: “Made and used by John Otterby, noted Cheyenne Indian of Clinton OKLA,” lg. 10 1/2 in. $200-300 177 Two Plains-style Painted Hide and Wood Drums, dia. to 16 in. $150-200
178 Two Painted Plains Style Drums with Beaters, (damage), square drum, 14 x 13 1/4 in. $200-250 179 Six Miscellaneous Plains Items, a cowhide possible bag, quilled armband, dentalia choker, knife sheath, part of a bridle, and a beaded armband. $400-600 180 Plains-style Beaded Peyote Fan, in box mount, note reads: “Belonged to Chief Floyd White Eagle, Winnebago,” lg. 14 in. $200-250 181 Five Items, two small skullcracker clubs, a folk art wood pipe, a painted rattle, and a reproduction tomahawk, lg. to 20 in. $250-350 182 Three Reproduction Plains Items, pair of infant’s moccasins, a strike-a-lite pouch, and a quilled hair ornament, lg. to 16 in. $150-200 183 1909 Cabinet Photo by Hoyt Cox of Chamberlain, South Dakota, depicting Brule Sioux Paul Coucillor who joined the agency police force, dressed in traditional attire and holding a pipe tomahawk, on back: “Sept. 1909, my uncle Paul Coucillor and me Lillian Iron Nest, Lower Brule Agency,” image 5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. $150-200 184 Great Lakes Beaded Cloth Bag, with American eagle and crossed flags on one side, floral designs on the reverse, lg. including beaded fringe 16 1/2 in. Provenance: Purchased from Marcy Burns. $300-500 185 Two Pairs of Great Lakes Loom-beaded Garters, lg. including yarn fringe to 35 in. $250-350 186 Great Lakes Floral Beaded Cloth Bandolier Bag, lg. 39 in. $1,000-1,500
187 Great Lakes Loom-beaded Cloth Bandolier Bag, (bead loss), lg. 36 in. $800-1,200 188 Two Northeast Items, a small beaded purse, and a moose hair embroidered birch bark match safe, (damage), ht. to 3 1/4 in. $200-250 189 Northeast Pony Beaded Hide and Cloth Sash, with a beaded bow and arrow and tomahawk, with silk ribbon and red trade cloth detail, lg. 70 in. $200-250 190 Pair of Woodland Beaded Cloth and Hide Moccasins, (minor damage), lg. 8 1/2 in. $500-700 191 Northeast Beaded Cloth Glengarry Cap, partially beaded with a bird on one side and foliate designs, (bead loss), lg. 10 in. $200-300 192 Three Iroquois Niagara Falls Beaded Cloth Items, all with American flag motifs, lg. of shirt bib 14 in. $400-600 193 Group of Beaded Items, three pouches, a beaded pillow, two embroidered leather frames, and four loom-beaded items. $250-350 194 Twelve Northeast Beaded Cloth Items, includes pouches, picture frames, pincushions, and whimseys. $250-350 195 Micmac Quilled Birch Bark Box, old tag reads “Indian basket bought from Nova Scotia by Capt.? L. Sneden, 1847,” (damage), ht. 6, dia. 8 1/2 in. $250-350 196 Pair of Northeast Wood and Rawhide Miniature Snowshoes, lg. 18 1/2 in. $200-250
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197 Penobscot Carved Wood Root Club, with human face and incised decoration, lg. 37 in. $250-350 198 Six Knives, five with sheaths, various styles and age, lg. to 16 1/2 in. $200-300 199 Six Various Style Northeast Wood Splint Baskets, lg. to 14 in. $200-250 200 Two Northeast Polychrome Stampdecorated Wood Splint Baskets, (damage to both), size to 17 x 10 1/2 x 14 in. $250-300 201 Four Northeast Paint-decorated Wood Splint Baskets, (damage), lg. to 13 in. $200-250 202 Northeast Lidded Splint Basket, (damage), ht. 13 in. $150-200 203 Large Wood and Hide Drum, with remnant painted figures on the drum skins, and a rawhide bucket, damage to drum, old tag reads in part “Old Apache Indian Drum,” drum ht. 14 1/2, dia. 18 1/2 in. $200-250 204 Collection of Prehistoric Stone Material, included: celts, grinders, points, etc. $200-250 205 Framed Group of Reproduction Stone Effigy Points, fish hooks, etc., frame 31 x 24 in. $300-400 206 Large Framed Group of Miscellaneous Stone, Shell, Bone, and Beaded Artifacts, includes Southwest stone fetishes, frame 26 1/2 x 26 in. $300-400 207 Large Framed Group of Reproduction Stone Items, (largest blade broken and reglued), lg. to 18, frame 31 x 24 in. $250-350
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208 Group of Miscellaneous Prehistoric Stone Material, includes points (many broken), axes, celts etc., many with old labels affixed. $800-1,200
218 Northwest Coast Carved Wood Walking Stick, with green painted fish on shaft and handle in the form of an animal with abaloneinlaid eyes, lg. 39 in. $200-250
209 Ten Eskimo Ivory Items, two small boxed sets of dominos, two bears, a container with walrus face, a miniature kayak and sailboat, etc., lg. to 4 1/2 in. $300-500
219 Four Ethnographic Fishhooks, includes a Northwest Coast halibut hook, an ivory fish hook, and a mother-of-pearl hook, lg. to 11 in. $250-350
210 Miscellaneous Group of Eskimo and Marine Items and a Lapland Knife, including an ivory labret, carved bear finial, shell pendant, and Lapland knife, lg. of knife 16 in. $300-400
220 Lot of Model Canoes and Paddles, three northwest coast souvenir canoes, three paddles, and a model birch bark canoe with paddles, lg. to 28 1/2 in. $150-250
211 Group of Eskimo Items, a cribbage board with carved and scrimshaw decoration, a carved hippo, two scrimshaw teeth, and a watch chain (broken), lg. of cribbage board 15 in. $200-300 212 Three Eskimo Carved Walrus Ivory Souvenirs, lg. to 2 1/2 in. $250-350 213 Four Eskimo Carved Ivory Figures, three tupaliks and a seal, ht. to 5 1/4 in. $800-1,200 214 Two Eskimo Items, a doll with wood face in a sealskin parka and holding a bow and arrow, and a miniature wood dogsled, lg. of dogsled 17 1/2, ht. of doll 10 1/2 in. $200-250 215 Miscellaneous Group of Ethnographic Items, an Eskimo kayak model, four western baskets, a ladle and a small Plains beaded belt, (damage to baskets), lg. of kayak 25 in. $400-500
221 Three Northwest Coast Polychrome Carved Wood Souvenir Totem Poles, ht. to 19 in. $300-500 222 Collection of Painted Wood Folk Art Items, ten totem poles and nine flat-backed kachinas, ht. to 16 1/2 in. $300-400 223 Four Polychrome Carved Wood Folk Art Totem Poles, two matched sets, ht. to 24 in. $250-350 224 Three Polychrome Carved Wood Folk Art Carvings, two totem poles and a Northwest Coast house front, ht. to 25 in. $250-350 225 Three Polychrome Carved Wood Folk Art Totem Poles, ht. to 37 in. $250-350 226 Three Polychrome Carved Wood Folk Art Totem Poles, ht. to 30 in. $250-350
216 Pair of Eskimo Child’s Beaded Trade Cloth and Sealskin Boots, the beaded geometric designs done with multicolored “pony” beads, (minor damage), ht. 11 1/4 in. $200-250
227 Two Large Polychrome Carved Wood Totem Poles, both with metal tags on the back “made by O.B. O’Dell, Lake George N.Y.,” ht. to 81 1/2 in. $400-600
217 Northwest Coast Carved Bone Dagger, with stylized head finial, c. 1900, lg. 15 1/2 in. $250-350
228 Large Taos Painted Wood Drum, ht. 24 in. $500-700
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229 Large Store Model Skookum Doll, (damage), ht. 33 in. $200-250 230 Ten Skookum Dolls and Miscellaneous Items, ht. to 12 in. $300-400 231 Contemporary Carved Wood Bear Kachina, by Gino Youvella, ht. 12 in. $100-200 232 Southwest Polychrome Carved Wood Owl Kachina, ht. 11 1/4 in. $300-400 233 Southwest Polychrome Carved Wood Mudhead Kachina, with Zuni turquoise and silver bracelet as a belt, ht. 17 1/2 in. $400-600 234 Hopi Polychrome Carved Wood Kachina, ht. 11 1/4 in. $250-350 235 Seven Southwest Items, four kachinas, a Navajo pottery bowl, and two prehistoric pottery bowls, ht. to 11 1/2, dia. of bowls to 7 1/4 in. $150-250
239 Group of Miscellaneous Items, Navajo ketoh, six cast conchas, a rattle, and three brass armbands. $200-250 240 Group of Navajo Silver Concha Belt Parts, six conchas and a buckle, concha lg. 2 3/4 in. $200-250 241 Navajo Squash Blossom Necklace with Turquoise Settings. $300-500 242 Navajo Silver Turquoise Box, with stamped decoration, 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. $250-350 243 Three Navajo Silver Bracelets, two with turquoise settings $400-600 244 Three Southwest Jewelry Items, a Zuni inlaid bird pendant, a Navajo necklace, and a dragonfly pin, ht. of pendant 3 1/4 in. $250-350 245 Ten Native American Beaded Necklaces and Two Groups of Beads. $400-600
236 Six Carved Wood Items, four kachinas and two Southwest Indian figures, ht. to 10 3/4 in. $400-600
246 Three Southwest Items, a heishi necklace, a painted pottery pipe, and a carved stone fetish with turquoise arrowhead, lg. of pipe 5 1/2 in. $150-200
237 Hopi Polychrome Carved Wood Mudhead Kachina, with finely painted detail, (repairs), ht. 14 1/2 in.
247 Three Necklaces, one of trade beads, one with red coral and glass beads, and one with coral and turquoise.
Provenance: Author Frank McNitt. $250-350
Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection. $150-200
238 Seven Items, Cocano bark basket, stone fetish, Mexican spur, Mary Withrop Pilar New Mexico vase, Peruvian figure, Indian bowl, and wooden letter opener. $300-500
248 Old Horsehair Bridle and Pair of Brassstudded Leather Cowboy Cuffs, ht. of cuffs 6 3/4 in. $200-250
250 Oil Portrait of a Plains Indian, 10 x 7 3/4 in. $200-250 251 Framed Lithograph Chippeway Squaw and Child, 1837, by E.C. Biddle, Philadelphia, image size 16 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. $300-500 252 Portfolio of Eighteen Signed Silkscreen Prints by Louie H. Ewing, c. 1944, includes Southwest pottery, baskets, jewelry, and preColumbian items, given to the current owner’s grandmother for her membership to the Santa Fe Laboratory of Anthropology in 1944, prints are 13 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. $400-600 253 Three Framed Color Lithographs, c. mid-19th century, two by J.T. Bowen of Philadelphia, depicting a Delaware chief and a “grand chief of the Sioux,” and a scene titled “Prairie on Fire,” sizes to 10 x 6 1/2 in. $200-300 254 Framed Painting by S.H. Gadoden, American, c. 1886, depicting two Indians fighting over a bound captive, image size 10 x 9 1/2 in. $250-350 255 Navajo Germantown Weaving, bold multicolor geometric designs on a red background, (damage), 86 1/2 x 64 in. $600-800 256 Navajo Regional Rug, natural and synthetic homespun wool, (damage), 78 1/2 x 50 1/2 in. $250-350 257 Navajo Rug, woven with handspun wool in shades of brown, (wood loss), 65 1/2 x 43 1/2 in. $250-350 258 Navajo Two Grey Hills Weaving, woven with hand-spun wool in shades of brown, 78 x 48 in. $600-800
249 Three Sets of Horns, two longhorn mounts and a set of buffalo horns, lg. to 65 in. $300-400
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259 Three Navajo Weavings, a Yei rug, and two double saddle blankets, one twill-woven, (wool loss, dye raw), Yei rug, 52 x 36 in. $400-600
270 Two Mimbres Pottery Bowls, one undecorated, the other with central concentric rectangle and fine line band below rim, (restoration), dia. to 7 1/2 in. $300-400
281 Nine Southwest Pottery Items, a red bowl marked “Marie and Julian,” a Casa Grande effigy bowl, a Zia bird bowl, and six Southwest pottery items, dia. to 8 1/2, ht. to 5 3/4 in. $300-500
260 Two Textiles, a Navajo Germantown saddle blanket and a Bolivian striped poncho, saddle blanket 33 x 24, poncho 52 x 58 1/2 in. $100-150
271 Anasazi Painted Pottery Bowl, (reassembled), ht. 4 1/2, dia. 10 in. $300-500
282 Polychrome Pottery Storyteller Doll by Dorothy Trujillo, Cochiti pueblo, ht. 11 in. $200-300
261 Navajo Germantown Weaving, (damage), 69 x 48 in. $600-800
272 Anasazi Pictorial Bowl, depicting the flute player Kokopeli, ht. 3, dia. 7 1/4 in. $200-300
262 Navajo Loom Sample, with Germantown weaving, wood shuttle, and wood comb, 21 x 6 in. $200-300
273 Acoma Polychrome Pottery Wedding Jar, ht. 7 1/2 in. $200-250
283 Five Southwest Blackware Items, a lidded prayer meal box attributed to Maximiliana Montoya, San Ildefonso Pueblo, a small bowl by “Blue Corn,” a bowl with animal handles by Faustina Guiterrez, Santa Clara Pueblo, a vessel by Merton and Linda Sisneros, and a large jar by Rose (scratches), ht. to 9 1/2 in. $300-500
263 Navajo Weaving, with banded pattern, (insect damage, repairs), 83 x 54 in. $200-250 264 Four Textiles, three Navajo twill-woven saddle blankets, one a double, and a Mexican rug, double saddle blanket 51 1/2 x 32 in. $100-200 265 Navajo Regional Rug, natural and synthetic dyed homespun yarn, 77 x 52 in. $600-800 266 Navajo Regional Rug, (damage), 79 1/2 x 54 1/2 in. $200-250 267 Mexican Saltillo Serape, (damage), 77 x 42 in. $600-800 268 Traditional Mexican Woman’s Four-piece Outfit, includes a large pictorial embroidered shawl and embroidered blouse, shawl 106 x 39 1/2 in. $300-400 269 Two Mexican Weavings, largest 76 x 53 1/2 in. $150-200
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274 Acoma Polychrome Pottery Jar, ht. 7 3/4, dia. 9 3/4 in. $300-500 275 Acoma Polychrome Pottery Jar, (small hole), ht. 9 1/2, dia. 12 in. $600-800 276 Zia Polychrome Pottery Olla, (cracks), ht. 12 in. $400-600 277 Zia Polychrome Pottery Jar by Ruby Panana, ht. 7, dia. 9 3/4 in. $300-500 278 Mojave Beaded Pottery Jar, with red trade cloth-covered bottom, (bead loss at rim), ht. 5 in. $200-250 279 Six Southwest Pottery Bowls, five prehistoric and one pueblo bowl with scalloped rim, (damage), ht. to 6 1/2 in., dia. to 12 3/4 in. $300-500 280 Four Small Southwest Pottery Items, three are Hopi, dia. to 4 1/4 in. $200-250
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284 Four Southwest Blackware Pottery Items, ht. to 10 in. $300-500 285 Two Southwest Items, a Navajo wedding basket and a Maricopa pottery vase, basket dia. 13 3/4, vase ht. 6 1/4 in. $200-250 286 Tohono O’odam Polychrome Pictorial Basket, flared sides, decorated with alternating lizards and cactus, ht. 8 1/4, dia. 12 1/4 in. $150-200 287 Three Southwest Coiled Baskets, dia. to 11 in. $250-350 288 Five Western Baskets, two Southwest coiled baskets and three twined baskets, dia. to 12 in. $200-250 289 Four Southwest Coiled Baskets, dia. to 17 1/4 in. $400-600 290 Two Basketry Ollas, a craft basket and a Southwest coiled basket, ht. to 19 in. $200-250
291 Thirteen Baskets, mostly Southwest and California, includes a Hopi kachina tray, dia. to 15 in. $300-400 292 Two Polychrome Cornhusk Bags, largest 18 x 13 3/4 in. $400-600 293 Polychrome Chitimacha basket, ht. 3 3/4 in. $200-250 294 California Coiled Basket, (stitch loss), ht. 4 1/4, dia. 6 1/2 in. $200-250 295 Makah Polychrome Twined Basket, with eagle and arrow devices, ht. 2, dia. 3 1/4 in. $200-250 296 Two Thompson River Polychrome Coiled and Imbricated Baskets, c. last quarter 19th century, a burden basket with flared sides, and one of rectangular form, both with vertical geometric designs, patina of use, (damage), ht. to 10, lg. to 15 1/2 in. $300-400 297 Three Baskets, a lidded Tlingit basket and two small Southwest coiled bowls, ht. to 3 in. $200-250 298 Seven Western Baskets, four North California twined baskets, a Tlingit twined basket, and two small Southwest coiled baskets, ht. to 5 1/2 in. $400-600
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Directions to the Marlborough Gallery
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From Boston and Points East: Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (Route 90) West to Route 495 North at exit 11A. Proceed on Route 495N to exit 23C, Simarano Drive. Keep left at the fork in the ramp. At the bottom of the exit ramp take a left at the lights onto Simarano Drive. Take a right at the next light on Cedar Hill Street. Skinner is at #274 on the left.
From Points North: Take Route 495 South to exit 23C, Simarano Drive. Stay left at the fork in the ramp, and turn left onto Simarano Drive. Take a right at the next light on Cedar Hill Street. Skinner is at #274 on the left.
From Points West: Take 290 East toward Marlborough. Merge onto Route 495 South via exit 26A, toward Cape Cod. Take the Simarano Drive exit, 23C. Stay left at the fork in the ramp, and turn left onto Simarano Drive. Take a right at the next light on Cedar Hill Street. Skinner is at #274 on the left.
From Points South: Take Route 495 North to exit 23C, Simarano Drive. At the bottom of the exit ramp take a left at the lights onto Simarano Drive. Take a right at the next light on Cedar Hill Street. Skinner is at #274 on the left.
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Marlborough Hotels Courtyard by Marriott
Hampton Inn
75 Felton St. (exit 24B off 495) Marlborough, MA 508.480.0015
277 Boston Post Rd. West (exit 24B off 495) Marlborough, MA 508.787.9888
Embassy Suites 123 Boston Post Rd. West (exit 24B off 495) Marlborough, MA 508.485.9500
Holiday Inn and Suites 265 Lakeside Ave. (exit 24A off 495) Marlborough, MA 508.481.3000
Marlborough Travel Services & Car Rentals Ultimate Livery
Enterprise Car Rental
To Logan Airport
Hotel Pick-up and Delivery 364 Maple Street (Rt. 85) Marlborough, MA 508.480.0221
$46.00 each way for one $56.00 each way for two Private car and driver $147.50 one way Servicing all Marlborough hotels
Hertz Car Rental 80 Northborough Rd East Marlborough, MA 01752 508.481.7300
410 Maple Street (Rt. 85) Marlborough, MA 508.229.2756
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Marlborough Area Restaurants Allora Ristorante
Longhorn Steakhouse
Guiseppe’s Grille
139 Lakeside Ave. Marlborough, MA 508.485.4300
191 Boston Post Rd. Marlborough, MA 508.481.4100
35 Solomon Pond Rd. Northborough, MA 508.393.4405
Boston Market
Ninety Nine Restaurant & Pub
Yoong Tong
185 Boston Post Rd. West Marlborough, MA 508.229.2525
32 Boston Post Rd. West Marlborough, MA 508.480.8899
China Taste
Panera Bread
Thai Cuisine and Sushi 278 Main Street Northborough, MA 508.393.7714
197 Boston Post Rd. West Marlborough, MA 508.229.2882
197 Boston Post Rd. West Marlborough, MA 508.281.6161
Fish Restaurant & Wine Bar
29 S. Bolton St. Marlborough, MA 508.460.3474
237 Boston Post Rd. West Marlborough, MA 508.481.3464
Jake’s Restuarant & Coffee Shop
Tandoori Grill
30 Main Street Marlborough, MA 508.480.0414
Linguini’s Italian Eatery 350 Boston Post Rd. West Marlborough, MA 508.481.9747
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Subway
197 H Boston Post Rd. West Marlborough, MA 508.357.6551
Wildwood Steakhouse 189 Boston Post Rd. East Marlborough, MA 508.481.2021
Tomasso The Crossings 154 Turnpike Rd. Southborough, MA 508.481.8484
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