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Sale 2774T January 6–January 15, 2015 www.skinnerinc.com
American Indian & Tribal Art—Online
American Indian & Tribal Art—Online
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1Four 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
2Nayarit 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
3Four 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
4Three Ecuadorian Pre-Columbian Musical Instruments, a pottery human effigy whistle with traces of blue and red pigment, and two side-blown ocarinas with human and avian features and incised decoration, (one repair), lg. to 3 3/4 in.$200-250
5Three 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
6Three Pre-Columbian Pottery Ocarinas, Costa Rica, one showing a monkey holding a coconut (?), (one with repair), ht. to 3 1/2 in.$250-300
7Four 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
8Three 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
9Seven 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
10Five 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
11Two Architectural Wood Carvings, India, both with elaborately detailed deities, largest ht. 25 1/2, wd. 10 1/2 in.$200-250
12Ifugao Carved Wood Spoon, Philippines, (wood loss), ht. 7 3/4 in.$200-250
13Three 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
14Two Massim Carved and Painted Wood Dance Paddles, lg. to 34 in.
Provenance: Collected in the 1960s.$200-250
15Solomon Islands Carved Wood Club, the tapered form with dark patina, lg. 28 in.
Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection.$250-350
16Admiralty Islands Obsidian Dagger, with painted and incised decorated nut paste handle, lg. 12 in.$200-250
17Two 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
18Two South Pacific Fishhooks, both with bone hooks, one with abalone inlay, the second a contemporary Maori fishhook, lg. to 7 in.$200-250
19Five Ethnographic Items, three stone carvings depicting stylized humans, and two short wood clubs with fiber-wrapped grips, club lg. to 16 1/2, stone figure ht. to 5 1/2 in.$200-300
20Two 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
21Three 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
22New Guinea Carved Wood Figure, a stylized female with darkened surface, (repairs), ht. 20 1/4 in.$200-250
23Two 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
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24New Guinea Carved Wood Mask, Sepik River, Kanduanum Village, stylized human face with cowrie shell eyes and traces of pigment, ht. 19 1/2 in.
Provenance: Collected in 1969.$200-250
25Two 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
26New 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
27Maprik 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
28Three 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
29New Guinea Lime Container, bamboo with incised stylized designs, the bone dipper with bird head finial, ht. 16 in.$200-250
30New Guinea Carved Wood Side-blown Trumpet, with incised decoration and avian finial, blackened surface, patina of use, ht. 27 1/2 in.
Provenance: Collected in the 1960s.$200-250
31Two Melanesian Implements, a Trobriand Islands ceremonial axe, (missing the blade), and a New Guinea Sago trough pin, lg. of axe 32 in.$200-250
32Two 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 the 1960s.$200-250
33Two 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
34Seven 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
35Four New Guinea Bone Daggers, all with incised decoration, lg. to 14 1/4 in.$250-350
36Four New Guinea Bone Daggers, three with incised decoration, lg. to 14 1/4 in.$250-350
37Two 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
38Three 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
39New Guinea Wood Bow and Eleven Arrows, (minor damage), lg. of bow 66 in.$250-350
40Bassa Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone, with elaborate multi-lobed coiffure, includes stand, (wood loss), ht. 13 in.$200-250
41Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask, with multiple crested coiffure, ht. 16 in.$200-250
42Bundu 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
43Temne 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
44African 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
45Igbo Painted Wood Mask, patina of use, ht. 11 in.$200-250
46Three African Carved Wood Masks, includes a Dan mask and an Ibo mask with kaolin surface, ht. to 14 1/2 in.$200-250
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e47Senufo Fire Spitter Helmet Mask, with multiple swept-back horns, (wood loss), lg. 35 in.$200-250
48Two African Polychrome Carved Wood Masks, a large Bobo animal mask, and a possibly Guro mask with commercial paint, ht. to 48 in.$300-500
49Two 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
50African 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
51Bamana Antelope Headdress, Chi Wara, with wood base, (repairs), lg. 23 1/2, ht. 10 in.$200-250
52Bamana 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
53Kumuba Antelope Headdress, with long slender neck and tapered head, with multicolored geometric designs, (old repairs to both ears), ht. 43 in.$200-250
54Three 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
55Five African Axes, two with tack decoration, one with incised handle and copper blade, and a copper-covered Songe axe with pierce-decorated blade, all with stands, ht. to 17 1/2 in.$300-400
56Collection of Eight African Bows, with hide wrappings and six European target arrows, (damage to bows), bow lg. to 33 in.$200-250
57Five 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
58Four 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
59Three 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
60Two 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
61Two African Carved Wood Stools, the Ashanti form with pierced central column, largest lg. 20, ht. 12 in.$200-250
62Two 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
63Ashanti Carved Wood Stool, with incised geometric decoration, 14 x 21 in.$200-250
64Ashanti 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
65Ashanti Brass-covered Carved Wood Stool, with embossed designs including a crocodile on the seat, 18 x 12 in.$300-400
66Two 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
67Mossi Carved Wood Ladder, Burkina Faso, 56 x 15 1/2 in.$300-400
68Three 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
69Wood 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
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nline70Pair of Lakota Beaded Hide Moccasins, c. late 19th century, with multicolored geometric designs, (hide slightly oily), lg. 10 in.$250-350
71Two 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
72Southern Cheyenne Beaded Hide Moccasins, c. 1900, partially beaded and with fringe off the vamps, (minor bead loss), lg. 10 in.$300-400
73Lakota 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
74One 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
75Pair of Cheyenne Partially Beaded Moccasins, c. first quarter 20th century, (repair to one toe), lg. 10 in.$100-200
76Arapaho Beaded Hide Man’s Moccasins, c. late 19th century, with multicolored geometric designs, (bead loss), lg. 11 in.$300-500
77Plains Beaded Hide Umbilical Fetish, c. 1900, beaded on one side and with white wool tuft decoration, lg. 6 3/4 in.$200-250
78Two 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
79Three 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
80Plains 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
81Plains Beaded Hide Pipe Bag, c. last quarter 19th century, with geometric designs on both sides, (bead loss), lg. 20 3/4 in.$400-600
82Cheyenne Beaded Cloth and Hide Cradle, c. first quarter 20th century, lg. 34 in.$300-400
83Plains Buffalo Effigy Catlinite Pipe Bowl, c. mid-20th century, by “Standing Eagle,” ht. 4, lg. 6 3/4 in.$300-400
84Plains Catlinite Pipe, c. late 19th century, both bowl and stem with carved decoration, (replaced connecting pegs), lg. 17 1/2 in.$200-300
85Tomahawk, possibly Plains, c. early 20th century (?), lg. 16 1/4 in.$200-250
86Three Plains Items, a catlinite pipe, a skullcracker head, and a horsehair drop, lg. to 13 1/2 in.$250-350
87Three 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
88Two 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
89Plains Buffalo Hoof Dance Wand, the wood hand with cloth, hide, and bead wrapping, lg. 19 in.$200-250
90Great 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
91Sioux 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
92Frontiersman-style Buckskin Jacket, c. late 19th century, fringed and with scalloped detailing, machine sewn, (stains, some loss to hide), lg. 31 in.$300-400
93Pair 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
94Northeast 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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e95Two 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
96Iroquois 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
97Seneca 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
98Two Framed Huron Moose Hair-embroidered 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
99Cree Multicolored Wool Assumption Sash, c. mid-19th century, with traditional “arrow” design, lg. without fringe 89 x wd. 8 in.$600-800
100Northeast Crook Knife, c. last quarter 19th century, the wood handle chip-carved and with heart cutout, lg. 11 in.$200-250
101Penobscot 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
102Six Riker Mounts of Prehistoric Points and Blades, from the Ohio area, lg. to 3 3/4 in.$200-250
103Six Riker Mounts of Prehistoric Points, includes some finely knapped bird points, lg. to 3 7/8 in.$250-350
104Ten Riker Mounts of Prehistoric Points, Drills, Etc., lg. to 3 3/4 in.$250-350
105Eight Riker Mounts of Prehistoric Points, Blades, Etc., lg. to 4 in.$250-350
106Five Riker Mounts of Various Prehistoric Points and Drills, mostly from the Ohio area, lg. to 4 1/8 in.$300-400
107Five Riker Mounts of Prehistoric Points, Drills, Etc., from the Ohio area, lg. to 3 in.$250-350
108Seminole Patchwork Woman’s Skirt, lg. 31 in.$200-250
109Eskimo Cribbage Board, with scrimshaw designs on both sides, lg. 14 1/4 in.$300-400
110Five 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
111Folk Art Polychrome Wood Totem Pole, ht. 21 1/2 in.$150-200
112Northwest Coast-style Polychrome Wood Totem Pole, carved in four separate pieces, ht. 33 1/2, wd. of base 43 in.$400-600
113Northwest Coast Polychrome Carved Wood Model Totem Pole, ht. 14 1/2 in.$200-250
114Northwest Coast Painted Model Totem Pole, c. 1900, (minor wood loss), ht. 15 1/2 in.$300-400
115Northwest 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
116Northwest 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
117Two 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
118Contemporary Northwest Coast Polychrome Carved Wood Mask, carved from cedar, ht. 21 3/4, wd. to 15 in.$200-250
119Contemporary Polychrome Carved Wood Raven Mask, with articulated beak, with custom wall mount, lg. 19 1/4 in.$250-350
120Northwest 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
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122Three Southwest Polychrome Carved Wood Kachinas, ht. to 16 in.$400-600
123Two Polychrome Carved Wood Kachinas, the larger with popeyes and metal ear decorations, (minor wood loss), ht. to 10 1/2 in.$250-350
124Three 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
125Contemporary Southwest Fetish Necklace, with birds and various stone and shell animals, (damage to one fish), lg. 30 in.$200-300
126Two Multi-strand Necklaces, possibly coral, lg. to 26 in.$200-300
127Pueblo Turquoise, Coral, and Heishi Necklace, a three-strand nugget-style necklace by Ava Marie Coriz, Santo Domingo Pueblo, lg. 29 in.$300-500
128Southwest Silver Bead Necklace, graduated, hollow, compressed beads with stamp decoration strung on a silver chain, lg. 37 in.$200-400
129Two Necklaces of Venetian Millefiore Beads, lg. to 25 in.$300-400
130Navajo Silver and Turquoise Squash Blossom Necklace, with machine-made hollow beads, lg. 27 in.$250-350
131Southwest Silver and Stone Squash Blossom Necklace, with machine-stamped beads, lg. 26 in.$250-350
132Two 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
133Two 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
134Group of Southwest Jewelry, includes nine pairs of earrings, four rings, and a brooch.$200-300
135Group 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
136Group 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
137Ten Southwest Rings, various decoration, nine silver and one gilded brass (?) with an opal setting.$300-400
138Three 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
139Three Southwest Bracelets, one with shell and stone inlay, one with three turquoise settings, and one with coral, shell, and turquoise.$300-400
140Four Southwest Jewelry Items, two bracelets, a coral-set brooch, and a turquoise-set butterfly pin.$200-250
141Three Zuni Inlaid Items, a bracelet with a dancer, and a bracelet and brooch with sun motif.$250-350
142Seven 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
143Navajo Silver and Turquoise Bracelet, with nine square settings and stamp decoration, inner dia. 2 3/8 in.$300-400
144Four Southwest Bracelets, one with coral settings, one with inlaid bears, and two with turquoise settings, wd. to 2 1/4 in.$250-350
145Navajo Sterling Silver Concha Belt, signed “Yellow Horse,” a link-style belt with thirteen scallop-edge stamp-decorated conchas, lg. 47 1/2, conchas 2 x 2 1/2 in.$300-500
146Framed Painting by Tonita Pena, depicting “Corn Dance, Cochiti,” (surface damage, not examined out of frame), image 18 x 12 in.$300-400
147Two 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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e148Karl 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
149Framed Watercolor, depicting a Plains Indian man in profile after Karl Bodmer, image size 14 1/2 x 12 in.$200-250
150Navajo Contemporary Weaving, tightly woven in a multicolored banded design, 36 x 23 1/2 in.$200-250
151Navajo Contemporary Weaving, woven in a banded design with natural color homespun wool, 57 1/2 x 35 1/2 in.$400-600
152Navajo Contemporary Weaving, woven in a storm pattern on a gray background, 42 x 29 1/2 in.$250-300
153Navajo Contemporary Weaving, woven in a storm pattern, 65 x 41 in.$300-400
154Navajo Contemporary Teec Nos Pos Weaving, with elaborate multicolored central panel, 45 x 30 in.$300-400
155Navajo Contemporary Weaving, woven in a banded design with multicolored serrate diamond devices, 53 1/2 x 34 1/2 in.$300-400
156Navajo Contemporary Weaving, with bold concentric diamond and stepped border design, 52 x 35 1/2 in.$500-700
157Navajo 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
158Large 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
159Navajo 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
160Navajo Eye Dazzler Rug, woven with natural and synthetic dyed homespun yarn, (stains), 83 1/2 x 60 in.$300-500
161Navajo 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
162Navajo 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
163Navajo 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
164Navajo Rug, c. mid-20th century, with serrated stacked diamond design on a cream/white background, with track-like border on two sides, (stain to one corner), 64 x 41 1/2 in.$250-350
165Navajo 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
166Navajo Weaving, natural and synthetic dyed homespun wool, with serrate diamond grid and predominantly red background, 78 x 56 in.$800-1,200
167Navajo 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
168Two 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
169Navajo 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
170Navajo 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
171Four 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
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173Two 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
174Three Contemporary Carved Santa Clara Vessels, made by Anthony Baca, Stella Chevarria, and Linda Tafoya, dia. to 3 3/8 in.$300-500
175Southwest Pottery Storyteller, New Mexico, by Dorothy Trujillo, Cochiti Pueblo, (minor damage), ht. 10 1/2 in.$300-400
176Painted Pottery Storyteller, by B. Fragua, Jemez, ht. 9 in.$200-250
177Cochiti 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
178Southwest-style Pottery Jar, with flared neck, three lugs, and painted with three heartline deer, ht. 9 3/4 in.$100-150
179Three Acoma Polychrome Pottery Jars, c. first half 20th century, one signed Evelyn Ortiz, (one with two hairline cracks), ht. to 8 in.$600-800
180Zia Polychrome Pottery Jar, c. early 20th century, with classic Zia bird and rainbow design, (cracks), ht. 10, dia. 11 in.$600-800
181Five 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
182Possible Tesuque Painted Pottery Olla, c. 1900, black geometric designs on a cream-colored background, (some restoration, damage), ht. 11 in.$600-800
183Large 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
184Contemporary 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
185Three Southwest Items, two coiled baskets, one Pima, one Tohono O’odham, and polychrome pottery moccasin, basket dia. to 9 in.$200-250
186Two 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
187Three 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
188Two 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
189Five 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
190Tlingit Polychrome Twined Rattletop Basket, (damage, repairs), ht. 3 1/4, dia. 7 1/2 in.$200-300
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