American Indian & Tribal Art— Online Sale 2774T
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1 Four Pre-Columbian Pottery Vessels, two abstract bird vessels from Peru, and two bowls from Costa Rica, (clay loss, repairs), lg. to 9 in. $200-250
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2 Nayarit Female Pottery Figure, c. 250 B.C.-250 A.D., with painted skirt, multiple ear ornaments and animal head nose ornament, (repairs, loss), ht. 15 3/4 in. $250-350
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3 Four Pre-Columbian Painted Pottery Bowls, Central America, three tripod forms and one pedestal form, various decoration on a red background, (minor damage), largest ht. 6 1/4, dia. 12 1/4 in. $250-350 4 Three Ecuadorian Pre-Columbian Musical Instruments, a pottery human effigy whistle with traces of blue and red pigment, and two sideblown ocarinas with human and avian features and incised decoration, (one repair), lg. to 3 3/4 in. $200-250 5 Three Pre-Columbian Pottery Ocarinas, Costa Rica, one representing a deity, one possibly a small human, and a harpy eagle, (minor damage), ht. to 3 1/2 in. $250-300 6 Three Pre-Columbian Pottery Ocarinas, Costa Rica, one showing a monkey holding a coconut (?), (one with repair), ht. to 3 1/2 in. $250-300 7 Four Pre-Columbian Pottery Musical Instruments, two polychrome ocarinas from Costa Rica, one in the form of a turtle, and two rattles, (minor damage), ht. to 5 1/2 in. $250-300
8 Three Indonesian Items, a Nias carved wood ancestor figure with hands to the abdomen, (cracked), and two decorated bamboo cases, the smaller with a metal awl attached to the lid, ht. to 14 in. $250-350 9 Seven Ethnic Wood Carvings, includes five tourist items from Africa and Indonesia, and two older African items: a Senufo female figure and a Dogon figure, ht. of Dogon figure 11 in. $200-250 10 Five Balinese Wood Carvings, two stylized humans, a large mythological figure with separately carved wings, a polychrome bird, and a polychrome mask, (some damage to large figure), ht. to 32 in. $200-250 11 Two Architectural Wood Carvings, India, both with elaborately detailed deities, largest ht. 25 1/2, wd. 10 1/2 in. $200-250 12 Ifugao Carved Wood Spoon, Philippines, (wood loss), ht. 7 3/4 in. $200-250 13 Three Melanesian Carved Wood Items, two elaborate Betel mortar and pestle sets, and an elaborate lime spatula, all carved from hardwood, lg. of spatula 18 in. Provenance: Collected in the 1960s. $250-350 14 Two Massim Carved and Painted Wood Dance Paddles, lg. to 34 in.
16 Admiralty Islands Obsidian Dagger, with painted and incised decorated nut paste handle, lg. 12 in. $200-250 17 Two Contemporary Maori Carved Wood Implements, a hand club and an adze, both decorated with relief carved stylized figures, curvilinear designs, and shell inlays, lg. to 16 1/4 in. $200-300 18 Two South Pacific Fishhooks, both with bone hooks, one with abalone inlay, the second a contemporary Maori fishhook, lg. to 7 in. $200-250 19 Five Ethnographic Items, three stone carvings depicting stylized humans, and two short wood clubs with fiberwrapped grips, club lg. to 16 1/2, stone figure ht. to 5 1/2 in. $200-300 20 Two Tongan Carved Wood Items, a Kava bowl with inlaid decoration at the rim, and a short, heavy club with incised decoration, bowl ht. 4, dia. 12 1/4; club lg. 21 in. $400-600 21 Three New Guinea Carved Wood Food Hooks, Sepik River, two human forms and one with stylized animals, two with traces of pigment, lg. to 32 in. Provenance: Collected in the 1960s. $200-250 22 New Guinea Carved Wood Figure, a stylized female with darkened surface, (repairs), ht. 20 1/4 in. $200-250
Provenance: Collected in the 1960s. $200-250 15 Solomon Islands Carved Wood Club, the tapered form with dark patina, lg. 28 in. Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection. $250-350
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23 Two New Guinea Items, a sacred flute with carved head flute stopper and rattan bindings, and a Korewori hook figure with blackened surface, both items probably made for the market, ht. to 62 1/2 in. Provenance: Collected in the 1960s. $200-250
32 Two New Guinea Musical Instruments, a Sepik River side-blown trumpet with human head finial, and a Massim area hardwood drum, ht. to 26 in.
Provenance: Collected in 1969. $200-250
Provenance: Collected in the 1960s. $200-250
25 Two New Guinea Polychrome Carved Wood Masks, Sepik River area, the larger with Nassa shell inlay from Angoram Village, the other from Kanduanum Village, collected in the 1960s, ht. to 31 in. $200-300
33 Two Ethnographic Items, a New Guinea bone implement from the Sepik River with a human head finial with feather headdress, and an Australian Aboriginal bark painting with stylized serpents, painting 23 1/2 x 10 in. $200-250
26 New Guinea Painted Fiber Ornament, in the form of a stylized head with boar tusk horns and cowrie shell detail, (damage, shell loss), ht. 19 in. $200-250
34 Seven New Guinea Bone Items, includes three daggers, one with incised decoration, two bird-headed pins, possibly a spatula, and a bone nose ornament, lg. to 11 1/2 in. $200-250
27 Maprik Chest Ornament, painted fiber with Nassa-shell and boar tusk decoration, in the form of a stylized human, ht. 10 3/4 in. $200-250
35 Four New Guinea Bone Daggers, all with incised decoration, lg. to 14 1/4 in. $250-350
28 Three New Guinea Lime Containers, two gourds and one of bamboo, all with incised or pyro-engraved decoration, with bone or wood dippers, lg. of container to 15 1/4 in. $250-300 29 New Guinea Lime Container, bamboo with incised stylized designs, the bone dipper with bird head finial, ht. 16 in. $200-250 30 New Guinea Carved Wood Sideblown Trumpet, with incised decoration and avian finial, blackened surface, patina of use, ht. 27 1/2 in. Provenance: Collected in the 1960s. $200-250 31 Two Melanesian Implements, a Trobriand Islands ceremonial axe, (missing the blade), and a New Guinea Sago trough pin, lg. of axe 32 in. $200-250
36 Four New Guinea Bone Daggers, three with incised decoration, lg. to 14 1/4 in. $250-350 37 Two New Guinea Implements, Mt. Hagen, a fiber-wrapped ceremonial axe with stone blade, and a Massim adze with metal blade, the wood handle with stylized designs and dark patina, lg. of adze 20 1/2 in. $250-350 38 Three New Guinea Wood, Bamboo, and Rattan Spear Throwers, Sepik River, two from Tamaramba, one from Angoram, all with a patina of use, lg. to 32 in. Provenance: Collected in the early 1960s. $200-250
40 Bassa Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone, with elaborate multilobed coiffure, includes stand, (wood loss), ht. 13 in. $200-250 41 Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask, with multiple crested coiffure, ht. 16 in. $200-250 42 Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Gola people, Liberia, representing an elaborate coiffure with a long rolled neck and diminutive head projecting from the top, ht. 27 in. $200-250 43 Temne Polychrome Carved Wood Head Crest Mask, Sierra Leone, used in Ode-lay society festivals, a Janus mask with a female face in back of a leopard head, with another animal head on top, (wood loss), 22 1/2 x 14 in. Literature: Published in Masks from West and Central Africa: A Celebration of Color and Form (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2013). Exhibitions: Free Library Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2011: More Than a Pretty Face: Masks from West and Central Africa from the Rosen Collection. $200-250 44 African Head Crest Mask, Temne, Sierra Leone, the Ode-lay society mask with Janus-head goats, the horn tips with porcupine quills inserted in gourds, (wood loss), ht. 15 1/2 x wd. 14 1/2 in. $200-250
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24 New Guinea Carved Wood Mask, Sepik River, Kanduanum Village, stylized human face with cowrie shell eyes and traces of pigment, ht. 19 1/2 in.
45 Igbo Painted Wood Mask, patina of use, ht. 11 in. $200-250 46 Three African Carved Wood Masks, includes a Dan mask and an Ibo mask with kaolin surface, ht. to 14 1/2 in. $200-250
39 New Guinea Wood Bow and Eleven Arrows, (minor damage), lg. of bow 66 in. $250-350
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47 Senufo Fire Spitter Helmet Mask, with multiple swept-back horns, (wood loss), lg. 35 in. $200-250
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48 Two African Polychrome Carved Wood Masks, a large Bobo animal mask, and a possibly Guro mask with commercial paint, ht. to 48 in. $300-500
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49 Two African Carved Wood Masks, the first a polychrome composite animal mask showing signs of use, the second a Baule Goli mask probably made for the market, ht. of first 26 in. $200-250 50 African Carved Wood Ibeji Doll, Yoruba, a female form with elaborate coiffure and scarification marks, the cloth cloak with multicolored geometric beadwork designs, ht. 10 3/4 in. $400-600 51 Bamana Antelope Headdress, Chi Wara, with wood base, (repairs), lg. 23 1/2, ht. 10 in. $200-250 52 Bamana Female Antelope Headdress, the highly stylized form with smaller antelope on the back, both with chip-carved designs on the head, wood base, (repair at neck), ht. 32 in. $250-350 53 Kumuba Antelope Headdress, with long slender neck and tapered head, with multicolored geometric designs, (old repairs to both ears), ht. 43 in. $200-250 54 Three African Carvings, two Baule female figures, the larger with blackened surface, and a large Bamana Janus-headed female figure, the two larger figures probably made for the market, ht. to 29 in. $250-350
55 Five African Axes, two with tack decoration, one with incised handle and copper blade, and a coppercovered Songe axe with piercedecorated blade, all with stands, ht. to 17 1/2 in. $300-400 56 Collection of Eight African Bows, with hide wrappings and six European target arrows, (damage to bows), bow lg. to 33 in. $200-250 57 Five African Weapons, a North African sword and leather-covered wood sheath, a Central African dagger, and three spears, one with wood shaft, two with metal shafts, lg. to 82 in. $200-250 58 Four African Weapons, 19th century, two sickle forms with wood handles, a throwing knife (the blade has been varnished), and a very sculptural currency, lg. to 23 in. $300-400 59 Three African Weapons, c. late 19th century, two throwing knives and a dagger with hide-covered wood sheath, lg. to 18 1/4 in. $300-400 60 Two African Carved Wood Bowls, both with exterior decoration and patina of use, (repairs to the larger bowl), largest ht. 9 3/4, dia. 16 in. $200-250 61 Two African Carved Wood Stools, the Ashanti form with pierced central column, largest lg. 20, ht. 12 in. $200-250 62 Two African Carved Wood Stools, both with a stylized human head projecting from one end and incised decoration, largest lg. 18 1/2, ht. 10 1/2 in. $200-250
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63 Ashanti Carved Wood Stool, with incised geometric decoration, 14 x 21 in. $200-250 64 Ashanti Carved Wood Stool, Ghana, with carved geometric designs and blackened in honor of a deceased owner, 14 x 20 in. Exhibitions: The Pen and Brush Gallery, 2004, Texture and Form, the Art of Personal Objects: Selections from the Rosen African Art Collection. $200-250 65 Ashanti Brass-covered Carved Wood Stool, with embossed designs including a crocodile on the seat, 18 x 12 in. $300-400 66 Two African Carved Wood Headrests, Karamajong people, Kenya, one with an aluminum handle, patina of use, ht. to 7 1/4 in. Exhibitions: The Pen and Brush Gallery, 2004, Texture and Form, the Art of Personal Objects: Selections from the Rosen African Art Collection. $250-350 67 Mossi Carved Wood Ladder, Burkina Faso, 56 x 15 1/2 in. $300-400 68 Three African Items, a Dan two-piece ceramic lamp, a bell with linked chain, and a 19th century Norman hard cider jug acquired in Liberia near the Guinea border, ht. of jug 12 in. $200-250 69 Wood Trunk, possibly 19th century, found in Africa, with wood inlays, the top repaired with wood possibly from Africa, ht. 13 3/4, lg. 33, wd. 16 in. $200-250
71 Two Pairs of Santee Sioux Beaded Hide Child’s Moccasins, both with muslin cuffs and partially beaded with floral designs, (minor damage), lg. to 7 3/4 in. $250-350 72 Southern Cheyenne Beaded Hide Moccasins, c. 1900, partially beaded and with fringe off the vamps, (minor bead loss), lg. 10 in. $300-400 73 Lakota Quilled and Beaded Hide Moccasins, c. 1900 with multicolored quilled vamps and morning stars on the cuffs, old tag reads “Moccasins made by the oldest wife of Swift Bear,” (quill loss), lg. 10 3/4 in. $250-350 74 One Pair and One Single Lakota Beaded Hide Moccasins, c. 1900, the pair with “salt and pepper” border lanes and light blue background, (minor bead loss to the pair), lg. to 10 1/2 in. $300-400 75 Pair of Cheyenne Partially Beaded Moccasins, c. first quarter 20th century, (repair to one toe), lg. 10 in. $100-200 76 Arapaho Beaded Hide Man’s Moccasins, c. late 19th century, with multicolored geometric designs, (bead loss), lg. 11 in. $300-500 77 Plains Beaded Hide Umbilical Fetish, c. 1900, beaded on one side and with white wool tuft decoration, lg. 6 3/4 in. $200-250
78 Two Plains Items, an awl case with wood insert, and the remnants of a loop necklace with brass tack, seed bead and brass bead decoration, (much damage to necklace), awl case and wood insert lg. 11 in. $200-300 79 Three Plains Beaded Items, a muslin belt marked “Blackfoot,” a small hide pouch, and a finger-woven choker, lg. of belt 28 1/2 in. $200-250 80 Plains Beaded Hide Pipe Bag, c. last quarter 19th century, possibly Crow, with a multicolored bar design, (bead loss at mouth), lg. including fringe 23 in. $600-800 81 Plains Beaded Hide Pipe Bag, c. last quarter 19th century, with geometric designs on both sides, (bead loss), lg. 20 3/4 in. $400-600 82 Cheyenne Beaded Cloth and Hide Cradle, c. first quarter 20th century, lg. 34 in. $300-400 83 Plains Buffalo Effigy Catlinite Pipe Bowl, c. mid-20th century, by “Standing Eagle,” ht. 4, lg. 6 3/4 in. $300-400 84 Plains Catlinite Pipe, c. late 19th century, both bowl and stem with carved decoration, (replaced connecting pegs), lg. 17 1/2 in. $200-300 85 Tomahawk, possibly Plains, c. early 20th century (?), lg. 16 1/4 in. $200-250 86 Three Plains Items, a catlinite pipe, a skullcracker head, and a horsehair drop, lg. to 13 1/2 in. $250-350
87 Three Plains Clubs, a skullcracker with horsehair drop, and two “slingshot” forms with horse tail drops, (damage to first), lg. to 20 1/2 in. $200-250 88 Two Plains Skullcracker Clubs, both with stone heads, bead-wrapped handles, and horsehair drops, (some damage to stone heads, repair to one drop), lg. to 19 1/2 in. $250-350 89 Plains Buffalo Hoof Dance Wand, the wood hand with cloth, hide, and bead wrapping, lg. 19 in. $200-250 90 Great Lakes Loom-beaded Bandolier, c. 1900, floral and geometric designs on a “salt and pepper” background, (minor bead loss), lg. 33, wd. 8 1/4 in. $300-400 91 Sioux Quilled Scout Shirt and Beaded Gloves, the shirt c. late 19th century, with multicolored floral designs on the front, collar, and shoulder, (a long tear at the back of collar), the gloves date to early 20th century, lg. of shirt 27 in. $500-700 92 Frontiersman-style Buckskin Jacket, c. late 19th century, fringed and with scalloped detailing, machine sewn, (stains, some loss to hide), lg. 31 in. $300-400
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70 Pair of Lakota Beaded Hide Moccasins, c. late 19th century, with multicolored geometric designs, (hide slightly oily), lg. 10 in. $250-350
93 Pair of Woodlands Beaded Cloth and Hide Moccasins, c. 19th century, with cloth covered cuffs and vamp partially beaded in floral designs, (puckered toes, bead loss), lg. 9 in. $250-350 94 Northeast Beaded Cloth and Leather Moccasins, c. third quarter 19th century, possibly Seneca, (small tears to leather, minor bead loss), lg. 10 in. $200-250
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95 Two Beaded Cloth Woodlands Items, a Niagara Falls mat with perched bird, and a beaded bag with floral devices, (minor bead loss to mat), mat 10 x 8 1/2 in. $100-150
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96 Iroquois Beaded Cloth Pouch, c. mid-19th century, with cord carrying strap and beaded on both sides with a multicolored bisymmetrical floral design, ht. 6 3/4 x wd. 5 in. $300-400
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97 Seneca Beaded Cloth Bag, c. mid-19th century, partially beaded on both sides with abstract floral and six-point star devices, (beaded edging damaged), ht. 5 3/4 x wd. 7 3/4 in. $300-400 98 Two Framed Huron Moose Hairembroidered Cloth Panels, c. mid-19th century, the first an eagle framed by a floral border, the second a floral spray, (some loss to the first), not examined out of frames, panel size to 14 x 11 in. $800-1,200 99 Cree Multicolored Wool Assumption Sash, c. mid-19th century, with traditional “arrow” design, lg. without fringe 89 x wd. 8 in. $600-800 100 Northeast Crook Knife, c. last quarter 19th century, the wood handle chipcarved and with heart cutout, lg. 11 in. $200-250 101 Penobscot Carved Burl-headed Club, c. late 19th century, with deep chip-carved handle and two abstract faces at the burl end, (old repair), lg. 30 3/4 in. $600-800 102 Six Riker Mounts of Prehistoric Points and Blades, from the Ohio area, lg. to 3 3/4 in. $200-250
103 Six Riker Mounts of Prehistoric Points, includes some finely knapped bird points, lg. to 3 7/8 in. $250-350
113 Northwest Coast Polychrome Carved Wood Model Totem Pole, ht. 14 1/2 in. $200-250
104 Ten Riker Mounts of Prehistoric Points, Drills, Etc., lg. to 3 3/4 in. $250-350
114 Northwest Coast Painted Model Totem Pole, c. 1900, (minor wood loss), ht. 15 1/2 in. $300-400
105 Eight Riker Mounts of Prehistoric Points, Blades, Etc., lg. to 4 in. $250-350 106 Five Riker Mounts of Various Prehistoric Points and Drills, mostly from the Ohio area, lg. to 4 1/8 in. $300-400 107 Five Riker Mounts of Prehistoric Points, Drills, Etc., from the Ohio area, lg. to 3 in. $250-350 108 Seminole Patchwork Woman’s Skirt, lg. 31 in. $200-250 109 Eskimo Cribbage Board, with scrimshaw designs on both sides, lg. 14 1/4 in. $300-400 110 Five Eskimo Carvings, three stone carvings depicting seals, a walrus, an antler dog sled, and a zoomorphic cribbage board, lg. to 7 1/4 in. $300-500 111 Folk Art Polychrome Wood Totem Pole, ht. 21 1/2 in. $150-200 112 Northwest Coast-style Polychrome Wood Totem Pole, carved in four separate pieces, ht. 33 1/2, wd. of base 43 in. $400-600
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115 Northwest Coast-style Carved Wood Rattle, 20th century, with stylized human and form line designs, red and black pigments, lg. 10 1/2 in. $300-400 116 Northwest Coast Carved Wood “Oyster Catcher” Rattle, c. mid-20th century (?), two pieces with classic stylized human and animal forms, lg. 16, ht. 7 in. $500-700 117 Two Northwest Coast Carved Horn Spoons, c. last quarter 19th century, both with totemic designs on the handle, the larger with incised mountain sheep horn scoop, (repair to handle), lg. to 16 in. $400-600 118 Contemporary Northwest Coast Polychrome Carved Wood Mask, carved from cedar, ht. 21 3/4, wd. to 15 in. $200-250 119 Contemporary Polychrome Carved Wood Raven Mask, with articulated beak, with custom wall mount, lg. 19 1/4 in. $250-350 120 Northwest Coast Carved Bone Club, c. late 19th century, with stylized animal head finial, abalone eyes, hind binding on handle, and incised detail, (form has bowed with age), lg. 19 1/4 in. $400-600
122 Three Southwest Polychrome Carved Wood Kachinas, ht. to 16 in. $400-600 123 Two Polychrome Carved Wood Kachinas, the larger with popeyes and metal ear decorations, (minor wood loss), ht. to 10 1/2 in. $250-350 124 Three Southwest Necklaces, a Pueblo turquoise nugget necklace with jaclas, and two “Indian Corn” necklaces with multicolored stone and shell beads, lg. of first 30 in. $300-500 125 Contemporary Southwest Fetish Necklace, with birds and various stone and shell animals, (damage to one fish), lg. 30 in. $200-300 126 Two Multi-strand Necklaces, possibly coral, lg. to 26 in. $200-300 127 Pueblo Turquoise, Coral, and Heishi Necklace, a three-strand nugget-style necklace by Ava Marie Coriz, Santo Domingo Pueblo, lg. 29 in. $300-500 128 Southwest Silver Bead Necklace, graduated, hollow, compressed beads with stamp decoration strung on a silver chain, lg. 37 in. $200-400 129 Two Necklaces of Venetian Millefiore Beads, lg. to 25 in. $300-400
130 Navajo Silver and Turquoise Squash Blossom Necklace, with machinemade hollow beads, lg. 27 in. $250-350 131 Southwest Silver and Stone Squash Blossom Necklace, with machinestamped beads, lg. 26 in. $250-350 132 Two Southwest Silver and Turquoise Necklace Sets, one with matching clip-on earrings and ring, one with matching screw-on earrings, lg. to 17 1/2 in. $300-400 133 Two Southwest Silver and Stone Jewelry Items, a large square brooch with stone setting and a leather belt with large oval buckle decorated with floral devices and a single stone setting, custom stand for brooch, buckle 3 x 4; brooch 3 x 3 in. $250-350 134 Group of Southwest Jewelry, includes nine pairs of earrings, four rings, and a brooch. $200-300 135 Group of Southwest Silver and Stone Jewelry, includes six sets of earrings with clip-on and screw-on backings, and a set with two brooches and a pair of earrings. $250-350 136 Group of Southwest Jewelry, includes a small squash blossom necklace and earrings, a small silver necklace, a bolo tie, and various inlaid items, (a few inlays missing from one). $250-350 137 Ten Southwest Rings, various decoration, nine silver and one gilded brass (?) with an opal setting. $300-400 138 Three Zuni Inlaid Items, two brooches with dancer and Kachina designs, and a finely inlaid Kachina ring in original C.G. Wallace box, ht. to 3 in. $300-400
139 Three Southwest Bracelets, one with shell and stone inlay, one with three turquoise settings, and one with coral, shell, and turquoise. $300-400 140 Four Southwest Jewelry Items, two bracelets, a coral-set brooch, and a turquoise-set butterfly pin. $200-250 141 Three Zuni Inlaid Items, a bracelet with a dancer, and a bracelet and brooch with sun motif. $250-350 142 Seven Southwest Jewelry Items, includes five cuff bracelets, three with stone settings, and two wristwatch bands, one with coral settings, wd. to 2 3/8 in. $250-350 143 Navajo Silver and Turquoise Bracelet, with nine square settings and stamp decoration, inner dia. 2 3/8 in. $300-400 144 Four Southwest Bracelets, one with coral settings, one with inlaid bears, and two with turquoise settings, wd. to 2 1/4 in. $250-350 145 Navajo Sterling Silver Concha Belt, signed “Yellow Horse,” a linkstyle belt with thirteen scallop-edge stamp-decorated conchas, lg. 47 1/2, conchas 2 x 2 1/2 in. $300-500
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121 Relic Main and Winchester Saddle, c. 1870s, classic early floral carving, brass pommel with “Texas” star, and marked on both sides of fork “Main and Winchester Makers, San Francisco,” includes large early stirrups, a later cinch, and saddle stand, lg. 27 in. $300-400
146 Framed Painting by Tonita Pena, depicting “Corn Dance, Cochiti,” (surface damage, not examined out of frame), image 18 x 12 in. $300-400 147 Two Framed Edward Curtis Photogravures, both copyright 1908, Absoroke Sitting Elk, and Absoroke Bull Chief, (lacking glass), image size 17 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. $200-250
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148 Karl Bodmer Print, London, published by Ackerman and Co., 1839, depicting Chief of the Blood Indians, War Chief of the Piekann, and a Koutani Indian, faint hand-coloring, (reverse mat burn, repair to one corner), 22 x 16 3/4 in. $200-250
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149 Framed Watercolor, depicting a Plains Indian man in profile after Karl Bodmer, image size 14 1/2 x 12 in. $200-250
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150 Navajo Contemporary Weaving, tightly woven in a multicolored banded design, 36 x 23 1/2 in. $200-250 151 Navajo Contemporary Weaving, woven in a banded design with natural color homespun wool, 57 1/2 x 35 1/2 in. $400-600 152 Navajo Contemporary Weaving, woven in a storm pattern on a gray background, 42 x 29 1/2 in. $250-300 153 Navajo Contemporary Weaving, woven in a storm pattern, 65 x 41 in. $300-400 154 Navajo Contemporary Teec Nos Pos Weaving, with elaborate multicolored central panel, 45 x 30 in. $300-400 155 Navajo Contemporary Weaving, woven in a banded design with multicolored serrate diamond devices, 53 1/2 x 34 1/2 in. $300-400 156 Navajo Contemporary Weaving, with bold concentric diamond and stepped border design, 52 x 35 1/2 in. $500-700
157 Navajo Weaving, woven in natural color homespun wool, with a serrate diamond design and a cream background, (minor stains), 67 1/2 x 45 in. $250-350 158 Large Navajo Rug, woven with natural and synthetic dyed homespun wool, with bold geometric and cross design on a variegated background, (dye run, wool loss), 113 1/2 x 63 in. $250-350 159 Navajo Rug, woven with natural and synthetic dyed homespun wool, with a bold multiple whirling log design on a variegated gray/brown background, (wool loss), 77 1/2 x 63 1/2 in. $500-700 160 Navajo Eye Dazzler Rug, woven with natural and synthetic dyed homespun yarn, (stains), 83 1/2 x 60 in. $300-500 161 Navajo Rug, woven with natural and synthetic dyed homespun wool, with a stepped diamond design on a variegated background, (small repair, minor wool loss and stains), 55 x 37 in. $200-250 162 Navajo Weaving, woven with natural and synthetic dyed homespun wool in a banded design with variegated gray bands and multicolored crosses on a red ground, (significant wool loss, minor dye run), 49 x 34 in. $250-350 163 Navajo Rug, c. early 20th century, with natural and synthetic dyed homespun wool, bold serrate diamond and cross design, (dye run, old repairs, some wool loss), 94 x 49 in. $300-400 164 Navajo Rug, c. mid-20th century, with serrated stacked diamond design on a cream/white background, with tracklike border on two sides, (stain to one corner), 64 x 41 1/2 in. $250-350
Online bidding at www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2774T
165 Navajo Regional Rug, with a bold “X” pattern on a variegated gray background, (minor loss to edge binding), 64 x 41 1/2 in. $200-250 166 Navajo Weaving, natural and synthetic dyed homespun wool, with serrate diamond grid and predominantly red background, 78 x 56 in. $800-1,200 167 Navajo Weaving, natural and synthetic homespun wool, with bold whirling log design on a variegated gray ground and meandering border, (dye run, stains), 82 x 62 in. $600-800 168 Two Navajo Weavings, a Germantown weaving with stepped diamond and cross design on a red background, (loss to wool and binding on two ends), and a small weaving with multicolored diagonal design, (wool loss), largest 58 x 37 1/2; smaller 37 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. $250-300 169 Navajo Weaving, woven with natural and synthetic dyed homespun wool, with six-point stars and crosses on a light gray variegated background, (stains), 80 x 54 in. $300-400 170 Navajo Child’s Blanket, c. last quarter 19th century, woven with natural and synthetic dyed homespun wool, with a banded design on a red background, (dye run, minor wool loss), 55 x 36 in. $400-600 171 Four Contemporary Pottery Vessels, a wedding jar by Birdell, Santa Clara, a small bowl with blue glass insets by Cavan (?) Gonzales Eagle Tail, one with spiral design by Denise Chauanea (?), Santa Clara, and a blackware bowl by Margaret (?), Santa Clara, ht. to 7 in. $300-400
173 Two Contemporary Southwest Pottery Vessels, a seed jar with edged geometric and floral designs, and a small form with sunburst design by Debra Harvey, Santa Clara Pueblo, largest dia. 3 3/4 in. $200-250 174 Three Contemporary Carved Santa Clara Vessels, made by Anthony Baca, Stella Chevarria, and Linda Tafoya, dia. to 3 3/8 in. $300-500 175 Southwest Pottery Storyteller, New Mexico, by Dorothy Trujillo, Cochiti Pueblo, (minor damage), ht. 10 1/2 in. $300-400 176 Painted Pottery Storyteller, by B. Fragua, Jemez, ht. 9 in. $200-250 177 Cochiti Painted Pottery Vessel, c. late 19th century, the spout in the form of a stylized animal head, (repair to mouth, chips), ht. 7 in. $200-250 178 Southwest-style Pottery Jar, with flared neck, three lugs, and painted with three heartline deer, ht. 9 3/4 in. $100-150 179 Three Acoma Polychrome Pottery Jars, c. first half 20th century, one signed Evelyn Ortiz, (one with two hairline cracks), ht. to 8 in. $600-800 180 Zia Polychrome Pottery Jar, c. early 20th century, with classic Zia bird and rainbow design, (cracks), ht. 10, dia. 11 in. $600-800
181 Five Southwest Pottery Items, from various pueblos, the larger Acoma signed Frances Torivio Pino, (all with some damage), ht. to 7 1/2 in. $200-300 182 Possible Tesuque Painted Pottery Olla, c. 1900, black geometric designs on a cream-colored background, (some restoration, damage), ht. 11 in. $600-800 183 Large Hopi Pottery Bowl, painted on the inside with red and black abstract designs on a cream ground, (a couple of hairline cracks from the rim), dia. 14 1/4, ht. 6 in. $400-600
189 Five American Indian Baskets, three from the Tohono O’odham, a Hopi form with Kachinas, and a small Makah with lid, (damage to the Makah), ht. to 15 3/4 in. $400-600 190 Tlingit Polychrome Twined Rattletop Basket, (damage, repairs), ht. 3 1/4, dia. 7 1/2 in. $200-300
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184 Contemporary Hopi Painted Pottery Bowl, with Kachina on the inside and geometric band at outer rim, signed A. Sakeva, dia. 9 1/4 in. $200-250 185 Three Southwest Items, two coiled baskets, one Pima, one Tohono O’odham, and polychrome pottery moccasin, basket dia. to 9 in. $200-250 186 Two Northwest Coast Twined Baskets, c. 1900, a tightly woven cylindrical form, and a small Tlingit rattletop basket, (minor damage), ht. to 5 in. $250-350 187 Three Northwest Twined Baskets, two lidded Makah baskets and a Klamath bowl with quail feather design and old tag, dia. to 6 1/2 in. $250-550
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172 Three Santa Clara Polished Red Bowls, with fluted decoration, various artists including Alvin Baca, White Eagle, and Camila (?) Baca, largest ht. 3 1/4, dia. 5 3/4 in. $300-400
188 Two Northern California Twined Baskets, c. early 20th century, a small plaque with wicker-like edging (damage), and bowl with openwork below the rim, largest ht. 4 3/4, dia. 9 in. $250-350
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Conditions of Sale 1. Some of the lots in this sale are offered subject to a reserve. The reserve is a confidential minimum price agreed upon by the consignor and Skinner, Inc. below which the lot will not be sold. In most cases, the reserve will be set below the estimated range, but in no case will it exceed the estimates listed. A representative of Skinner, Inc. will execute such reserves by bidding for the consignor. In any event and whether or not a lot is subject to a reserve, the auctioneer may reject any bid or raise not commensurate with the value of such lot. 2. 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